Padma Shri Winning Eminent Malayalam Poet Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri passes away at 81
- Renowned Malayalam poet, priest and academician Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri, has passed away. He was 81.
- He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2014, for his contribution in the world of Malayalam literature for decades.
- Mr Namboothiri also won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, Kendra Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, Vallathol Award, Odakkuzhal Award and the Mathrubhumi Literary Award, among others.
- He was also a noted scholar of language and the Vedas, as well as an orator.