Google Doodle pays tribute to Malayalam poet Balamani Amma on her birthday

Google pays tribute to Malayalam Poet Balamani Amma on her 113th birth anniversary with a special doodle

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Balamani Amma is known as the 'amma' (mother) and 'muthassi' (grandmother) of Malayalam poetry

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The poet was the recipient of various awards & honours including Padma Bhushan

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She received Padma Bhushan in 1987, the Sahitya Akademi award in 1965, and Saraswati Samman in 1995

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Today, Google celebrated Banamani Amma with an image of the poet where she can be seen sitting between the books & writing

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Amma has inspired generations of Malayalam poets.

Balamani Amma published her first poem at the age of 21 in 1930 which was 'Kooppukai'

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Amma’s works adopted the ideas and the stories of mythological characters, however, depicted women as a powerful figure who remained ordinary human beings

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Some of Balamani Amma's poems are 'Kudumbini', 'Dharmamargathil', 'Sthree Hridayam', 'Prabhankuram', 'Bhavanayil', 'Oonjalinmel', 'Kalikkotta'

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