Kunchan Nambiar had spent his early childhood at Killikkurussimangalam in KERALA state
,India. his boyhood at Kudamaloor and his youth at . Scholars like Guru Mani Madava Chakyar the opinion that he and the Sanskrit
Rama Pānivāda are the same. (
Pānivāda means Nambiar in Sanskrit ). In 1748 he moved to Trivandrum, first to the court of Martanda Varma later to the court of Varma
. He had already written several of his works before leaving Ambalapuzha.
WORKS— In one of his poem "kaalanillatha kaalam"(roughly translated as Time without any death, Nambiar wonders how life would be if there were no death. He sees homes crowded with ever-shrinking aged ancestors.
— "Thottodiya Pada" is a poem that describes in witty detail how an army retreats from a losing battle.
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