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Poykayil Sreekumara Gurudevan
(17 February 1879, in Eraviperoor – 1939), known as Poykayil Appachan alias Poykayil Kumara Guru Devan, was a Dalit activist, poet and the founder of the socio-religious movement Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha ("God's Church of Visible Salvation").

Poykayil Sreekumara Gurudevan

Born : February 17, 1879
Eraviperoor, Travancore, present dayPathanamthitta district, Kerala, India

Died : June 29, 1939 (aged 60)
Pen name
Sree Kumara Gurudevan

Occupation : Dalit leader, poet

Spouse : Janamma

Publications :

Unknown Subjects: Songs of Poykayil Appachan. Translated from Malayalam by A.S. Sekher

Vadyakhoshangal Nadathunnavarum and Ente Vamshathepatti were featured in the Dalit Poem Collection named Kathal — published by DC Books

Yohannan was also a member of the Dalit advocacy group Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham which had been founded in 1907 by another Dalit leader of Kerala, Ayyankali. Johannan was also twice nominated, in 1921 and 1931, to the Sree Moolam Praja Sabha, the legislative council of the princely state of Travancore.






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