Polachirackal Tharakan family
The Polachirackal family (Malayalam: പോളച്ചിറക്കല്) is a St. Thomas Christian family based in Mavelikkara, in the Indian state of Kerala.[1] Their tharavad was bestowed the hereditary honorific title 'Tharakan of Mavelikkara' (Malayalam: മാവേലിക്കര തരകന്)[2] by Maharaja Marthanda Varma, of the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore.[3] Cherian Polachirackal, a General-Secretary of Kerala Congress (M) was the former Municipal Chairman of Tiruvalla.[4] Bishop Zachariah Mar Athanasios (born as Cherian Polachirackal) the third Bishop of Tiruvalla, was a descendant of this family[5] Another notable descendant is Mavelikkara Kocheeppan Tharakan, who was a prominent Malayalam literary critic, dramatist and novelist.[6][7]
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- ↑ Chandra Mallampalli, Christians and Public Life in Colonial South India, 1863–1937: Contending with Marginality, RoutledgeCurzon, 2004, p. 79
- ↑ Warrant issued by H.R.H. Mar Thanda Varma, memorial copy re-issued is recorded with the Municipality of Mavelikkara
- ↑ Chandra Mallampalli, Christians and Public Life in Colonial South India, 1863–1937: Contending with Marginality, RoutledgeCurzon, 2004, p. 80
- ↑ "The Hindu Newspaper".
- ↑ "Oriens Christianus". O.Harrassowitz, 1977.
- ↑ "Polachirackal Kocheppan Tharakan's page by Kerala Sahitya Akademi".
- ↑ "Malayalam Literature" (PDF). C.Kunhan Raja. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
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