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Ādi Shankara
8th-century Hindu philosopher and theologian- Restorer of “Dashanami Sampradaya”.
Mata Amritanandamayi
Indian spiritual leader and guru
Saint Alphonsa
Syro-Malabar Catholic Franciscan Religious Sister
Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon
Indian politician (1896-1974)
Chinmayananda Saraswati
Indian Hindu spiritual teacher (1916-1993)
V. R. Krishna Iyer
Indian judge (1915–2014)
Thirunalloor Karunakaran
Indian writer (1924-2006)
Parameshvara
mathematician, astronomer
Lucy Kurien
Social Worker, Women's rights activist, Catholic Nun
Ayyappa Paniker
Indian poet and critic (1930-2006)
Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri
Indian mathematician
Lalitha Lenin
Indian poet and academic
Swami Ranganathananda
Swami Ranganathananda (15 December 1908 – 25 April 2005) was a Hindu swami of the Ramakrishna Math order. He served as the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.
K. N. Ezhuthachan
Indian academic
Manorama Thampuratti
Sanskrit scholar
Balan Nambiar
Indian artist
Thangam Philip
Indian nutritionist and author
N. R. Madhava Menon
Indian legal scholar
K. N. Panikkar
Indian historian (born 1936)
A. Sreedhara Menon
Indian historian (1925-2010)
Rama Varma XV
maharaja of Cochin
V. Balakrishnan
Indian writer (1932–2004)
Sudha Varghese
Nun and social worker
K. Damodaran
Indian politician and writer.
I. C. Chacko
Indian geologist and philologist
Haridatta
Haridatta (c. 683 CE) was an astronomer-mathematician of Kerala, India, who is believed to be the promulgator of the Parahita system of astronomical computations. This system of computations is widely popular in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. According to legends, Haridatta promulgated the Parahita system on the occasion of the Mamankam held in the year 683 CE. Mamankam was a 12-yearly festival held in Thirunnavaya on the banks of the Bharathapuzha river.
Krishna Chaithanya
writer
Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya Shaliyathi
Indian scholar
Vilwamangalam Swamiyar
Indian saint
Damodara
Vatasseri Damodara Nambudiri was an astronomer-mathematician of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics who flourished during the fifteenth century CE. He was a son of Paramesvara (1360–1425) who developed the drigganita system of astronomical computations. The family home of Paramesvara was Vatasseri (sometimes called Vatasreni) in the village of Alathiyur, Tirur in Kerala.
R. Siva Kumar
Contemporary Indian art historian art-critic and curator (born 1956)
C. S. Venkiteswaran
Indian film critic and writer
Raghavan Thirumulpad
Doctor (1920-2010)