Q. Which social reformer of Kerala introduced ‘Pidiyari system’ to raise grains for the poor:
Solution:
Kuriakose Elias Chavara or Chavarayachan is known as the father of literacy in Kerala.
Saint Chavara introduced a unique resource mobilization and public distribution system known as Pidiyari ( a handful of rice).It encouraged people to save a handful (pidi) from their everyday provision for the starving and needy
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