''Bhashaposhini'' is an Indian monthly magazine. It is one of the oldest

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...

literary Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to includ ...

review magazines.

History and profile

''Bhashaposhini'' was first published in 1892 as a literary journal of the Bhashaposhini Sabha. The founding editor was

Kandathil Varghese Mappillai Kandathil Varghese Mappillai (1857 6 July 1904) was an Indian journalist, translator and publisher who was the founder of the newspaper Malayala Manorama and the magazine ''Bhashaposhini''. Early life Varghese Mappillai was born in 1857 as th ...

. In 1895, it merged with another magazine ''

Vidyavinodini ''Vidyavinodini'' or ''Vidya Vinodini'' (Malayalam: വിദ്യാവിനോദിനി) was a Malayalam-language monthly literary magazine published from Trichur in the Kingdom of Cochin (now part of India). It started publication in Novem ...

''. However, after three years, in 1897, resumed as an independent journal again. It continued to be an important and authentic periodical until 1942. After a long break, in 1977 June, the magazine was revived by the

Malayala Manorama ''Malayala Manorama'' is a morning newspaper in Malayalam published from Kottayam, Kerala, India by the Malayala Manorama Company Limited. Currently headed by Mammen Mathew; it was first published as a weekly on 22 March 1888, and currently has ...

group of publications. It is one of the significant Malayalam periodical that is published monthly. Contributions include Kerala Varma Valiyakoyi Thampuran,

Ulloor Ulloor is a city locality in the Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. It was the home of the modern Malayalam triumvirate poet Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer. The Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram and Credence Hospital Thiruvanantha ...

, Muloor S.Padmanabha Panicker, Kattakkayathil Cheriyan Mappilai and

Moorkoth Kumaran Moorkoth Kumaran (1874–1941) was a social reformer, a teacher and a short story writer in Malayalam. Kumaran came from a Thiyya family of Thalassery, Kannur. He was a disciple of Narayana Guru and wrote the first biography of Guru. He initiated ...

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