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A highly philosophical poem, 'Veena Poovu' is an allegory of the transience of the mortal world, which is depicted through the description of the varied stages in the life of a flower. Veenapoovu''(1907)Asan scripted this epoch-making poem in 1907 during his sojourn in Jain Medu, Palakkad. The poems published in this volume are longer than those published in Manimaala. Sthothrakrithikal (1901)This is a collection of poems. Handwriting of Kumaran Asan : From the notebooks of Asan kept at Thonnakkal Asan museum The Kumaran Asan National Institute of Culture at Thonnakkal was founded in 1958 in his memory, and includes a small house which he had built on his land. Kumaranasan was the only poet in Malayalam who became mahakavi without writing a mahakavyam. The boat capsized at Pallana and all on board drowned, except a priest. He died aged 51 as a result of a boat accident in January 1924 while travelling to Kollam from a function in Alappuzha. While in Duravastha, he revealed his revolutionary zeal for fighting castedistinctions a few other poetic works had a distinct Hindu/Buddhist slant. He wrote the epic poem Buddha Charitha for which he got inspiration from Edwin Arnold's Light of Asia. In Chintaavishtayaaya Seetha (Seetha Lost in Thought or The Meditations of Sita) he displays his poetic artistry, while in Duravastha, he patiently and skilfully tears down the barriers created byfeudalism, orthodoxy and casteism and consummates the dictum of the Guru, "One Caste, One Religion, One God for man". His Khanda Kavyas (poems) like Nalini, Leela, Karuna and Chandaalabhikshuki won critical acclaim as well as popularity. His elegy Prarodanam mourns the death of his contemporary and friend A. It paved the way for a new movement in Malayalam literature. His short poem Veena Poovu (fallen flower) is a literary classic. Some of the earlier works of the poet were Subramanya Sathakam and Sankara Sathakam, wherein Asan voiced his devotional aspirations. "The Mediatation of Seeta" is an attemp to probe the whole gamut of the emotions of Seeta as she reviewed her past in the solitude occasioned by the departure of her sons to participate in Sri Rama's Ashwamegha Yaga.
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The Fallen Flower delineats, unde the symbolism of the flower, the vicissitudes of Human Life and the essential tragedy at the core of existence. Asan's mature works include the ode, "The Fallen Flower", te elegy "The Lament", the monologue "The Meditations of Seeta", and the narrative poems "Nalini", "Leela", the "Tragic Plight", "The Outcaste Nun" and "Compassion".
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A boat accident on the 16th of January 1924, tok away his life at its prime. He married in his 45th year and settled down at Thonakkal.
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Yogam for the allround uplift of the Eazhava community. After his return to Kerala he plunged into the task of organising the S.N.D.P. It was at this time that he was also introduced to English language and literature with ehich he became closely acquainted. This was followed by a strenous study of Hindu and Buddist philosophy and Sanskrit Literature, over a period of five years spent in Bangalore, Madras and Calcutta. His boyhood was spent in learning Malayalam and Sanskrit, and after his contact with Sri Narayan Guru, the greatest Social Reformer of modern Kerala, he took to an intesive study of Hindu religious philosophy. Kumaran Asan was born on the 12th of April 1873 at Kayikkara, a small coastal village in Kerala. Born in a community condemned for centuries to untouchability, he fought against the inequities of a caste ridden society and passionately sang of individual dignity, social freedom and the brotherhood of man. Kumaran Asan was one of the makers of modern India.