Muloor Smarakam located at a distance of 12 km from the Pathanamthitta district is one of the most visited tourist destinations for literature lovers and poets. Muloor Smarakam stays as a memorial of the renowned humorous poet and pre-independence era social reformer, Muloor S Padmanabha Paniker (1869-1931). Anyone in Pathanamthitta can reach the memorial situated in the village of Elavumthitta via bus or auto-rickshaw.
The house in which the reformer lived is a typical old-style Kerala house, thus to preserve our culture the house was transformed into a monument by the Department of Culture of the Kerala State Government. Till date, the monument attracts numerous visitors from different parts of the country and abroad. Historians, writers, novelists, poets etc. visit the place to get the feel of ancient literature.
Since the poet writes satirical poems he was popularly known as “sarasakavi”. Within the memorial, there are other attracting features like a “Smriti Kudeeram”, and a Muloor museum that consists of poet’s life history, furniture of old-style and the footwear used by Sree Narayana Guru, the social reformer of Kerala. Visit Muloor Smarakam to acknowledge the beauty and spirit of ancient Kerala culture and lifestyle.
