Nellikkal Muraleedharan

Dr. Nellickal Muraleedharan (Malayalam: നെല്ലിക്കല്‍ മുരളീധരന്‍) (1948–2010) was a noted writer and poet in Malayalam. He received the Kerala Sahitya Academi award in the `poetry' section for his collection, Nellickal Muraleedharante Kavithakal in 2004. Muraleedharan was selected for the Edassery Memorial award in 1985 for his book Purappad. He also received various other awards like the S.B.T award for 'Paandi', Poonthanam award for poetry, and the K.C Chacko Award. He was born in a village called Nellickal in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala State on 2 December 1948. His official name was Dr. T.R Muraleedharan Nair. He was the eldest son of late T. Raghavan Pillai and late P.P Thankamma. He did his schooling from various schools in Pathanamthitta and showed spark of talent in Malayalam from his childhood days. He had written many poems about river Pamba since he spent his childhood days playing on the shores of Pampa. He had also expressed his attachment to his parents through his poems. He was married to Sukhada Devi K., a retired school Principal. They have three daughters Smrithi, Surabhi and Sarangi.