Q. Who gave “Vidwan” title to Pandit Karuppan :
Solution:
- Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran CSI also spelt Kerala Varma Valiya Koilthampuran and known as Kerala Varma, was a Malayalam-language poet and translator who had an equal facility in writing in English and Sanskrit from the Indian state of Kerala.
- The Maharaja of Cochin honoured Karuppan with the title Kavithilakan or Great Poet.
- Impressed by Karuppan, Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran of Travancore, known as Kerala Kalidasan for his translation of Shakunthalam into Malayalam, conferred the title of Vidwan upon him in 1913.
- The poem Udyanavirunnu was penned by Karuppan to reflect his angst at being not invited to a garden party that the Maharaja hosted for a visiting Governor of Madras in which all other MLCs except him was invited.
- Karuppan was left out on account of his low caste.
- The poem deals with the wounded self-respect of the excluded and when it was brought to the Maharaja’s notice by T K Krishna Menon, the Maharaja decreed that all MLCs irrespective of caste or religion would be invited to official parties in the future.
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