It was first documented around the 11th or 12th century AD by the historian Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, who attributed its creation to an extended period of warfare that took place between the Chera and the Chola dynasties in the 11th century.

There are no written records on these earlier divisions of Kerala, but according to historian Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, a division might have occurred during the Second Chera Kingdom, at the beginning of 12th century.

Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad pioneered radical land and educational reforms in Kerala state that are today being duplicated by other states of India.

Chilavannoor Road serves as its main artery, running from the Elamkulam junction and is 3 km in length.

Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad was born on 13 June 1909, as the son of Parameswaran Namboodirippad, at Elamkulam, in Perintalmanna taluk of the present Malappuram district into an aristocratic upper-caste Brahmin family.

Solidarity also lent support to tribal struggles for land reforms to distribute land to the adivasi groups at Chengara, Mukkaal Cent Colony in Kollam district, and Elamkulam colony.

But he was called by his pet name Kunjan by all and so was later known as Kunjan Pillai.

Kunjan Pillai was introduced into the science of yoga by the Thykattu Ayyavu a scholar and yogi who used to give lectures at the Gurukulam.

As the burden of supporting the family fell on him, Kunjan Pillai took to many manual works.

In those days Nānu Āśān was a soft-spoken introvert while Kunjan Pillai an outspoken extrovert.

KMVS has been broadcasting its flagship Kutchi language programme, ' Kunjan Paanje Kutch Ji ’ ( Sarus Crane of our Kutch ) from AIR Bhuj since 16 Dec 1999.

The king of Chembakassery who knew about the pranks of Kunjan Nambiar and ordered that from that day onwards no “ thullal ” will be performed in the Ambalapuza temple compound.

Kunjan Nambiar adopted much from the existing tribal performances and gave it a great shape adding his sarcastic style of lyrics as an icing on it.

Sri Kunjan Nambiar was allowed pension from treasury and enjoyed free meals from the temple.

The story Kunjan Nambiar presented was a familiar one, the Kalyaanasaugandhikam from the Mahabhaaratha, but he clothed it with his own words.

The Chaakiaar momentarily defeated, was silent, but later took his revenge by persuading the ruler, the Raja of Ambalapuzha, to forbid Kunjan Nambiar from performing or visiting there again.

He moved to Palayur and, after surmounting several formidable barriers, learnt Sanskrit too and improved his Malayalam from two Namboothiri Brahmins, Kunjan and Sankaran from Angamaly, who were students in the Trichur Sanskrit school.

Later when Ambalapuzha was conquered by Travancore, Kunjan Nambiar moved to Thiruvananthapuram, there he happened to meet and befriend with great artists in Malayalam literature like Unnayi Varier and Ramapurathu Varier etc.

The school served as a meeting place for many scholars of that time and it facilitated Kunjan to acquaint himself with many great men.

Sri Kunjan Nambiar has laughed at the cowardice of the “ Nayar pada ” ( army constituted by Nairs ) for their cowardice ( in his work thottodunna pada = the retreating army ).

Oral history records that Kunjan Nambiar accompanied the Chaakiaars on the drums when they performed their heredictary occupation of dance and drama.

Ramaswami Pillai, Balarama Reddy, Ramani Ammal, Kanakammal, Meenakshi Ammal, Perumalswami and Rayar are some of the other long standing devotees who came into the Sannadhi of Bhagavan during his life at Sri Ramanasramam.

As these Vellalas were created by Goddess Parvati they are referred to as Pillais, sons of Parvati. Even today some of the Karkathars use Pillai as a suffix to their name ; but the younger generation is wary of using caste titles. Nowadays people belonging to other castes also use Pillai as a suffix to enhance their social status.

He was a revolutionary independence fighter who worked closely with other freedom fighters, such as V. O Chidambaram Pillai and Subramanya Bharathi, and inspired many young men to join the freedom movement.

Chinese curry mee and a variety of other food can be found at " Glutton Square " located at the corner of Jalan Sithabaram Pillai and Jalan Ah Cheong.

A host of very eminent men like Subramania Pillai, Mahakavi Subramania Bharathi ( aka " Bharathiyar "), VVS Iyer and other worked as editor or sub-editors of the paper during the struggle for Independence.

Since mathematics and basic sciences complement technology and engineering sciences, a good number of advanced teaching and higher level research establishments in basic sciences are on the premises of technological institutions such as IITs. The location of two other Kerala government establishments, District Institute of Educational Training ( DIET ), and PTM Government School, on adjoining campuses of the RIT would add credence to the whole proposal, Prof. Pillai said.

The documentary film Chenganoor Raman Pillai profiles his life and contributions.

Renowned Tamil Scholar Vaiyapuri Pillai was of the view that Tiruvalluvar lived around 600 CE, based on the internal evidence of his work and the significant influence of Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali works in the Tirukkural.

To save the temple and Periya Perumal, His sannidhi was covered with brick stones and a different vigraha was kept in front by Sri Pillai Lokacharya.

That g ( 3 ) = 9 was established from 1909 to 1912 by Wieferich and A. J. Kempner, g ( 4 ) = 19 in 1986 by R. Balasubramanian, F. Dress, and J .- M. Deshouillers, g ( 5 ) = 37 in 1964 by Chen Jingrun, and g ( 6 ) = 73 in 1940 by Pillai.

The young Nanu had a keen mind and was sent to a famous scholar, Kummampilli Rāman Pillai Asan at Karunagapally, a village fifty miles away from his home, at the age of 21.

* S. Ramachandran Pillai ( born 1938 ), communist politician from Kerala

The German saxophonist Roland Schaeffer also plays it, having studied from 1981 to 1985 with Karupaia Pillai.

She learnt a few pallavis and compositions from Naina Pillai, and several from Vidyala Narasimhalu Naidu, the nephew of Tirupati Narayanaswami Naidu, a prominent composer of javalis.

Pillai, Pillay, Pulle, Pilli or Pillaimar ( Tamil: ப ி ள ் ள ை, ப ி ள ் ள ை ம ா ர ்) ( Malayalam: പ ി ള ് ള ) is an upper caste title used by land owning caste of Tamil-and Malayalam-speaking people of India and others living in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa and Fiji, mostly from Vellalar and Nair communities.

Saiva Pillai or Pillai are the forward caste peoples from Tamil Nadu.

S. Ramachandran Pillai ( Malayalam: എസ ് ര ാ മചന ് ദ ് രൻ പ ി ള ് ള )( born February 7, 1938 ) is a communist politician from Kerala, India, Politburo member of the Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) and General Secretary of All India Kisan Sabha ( Peasants Union ).

C. W. Thamotharam Pillai and Caroll V. Visvanatha Pillai of Ceylon were the first to graduate from the University.

The Triumvirate of poets ( Kavithrayam: Kumaran Asan, Vallathol Narayana Menon and Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer ) are recognized for moving Keralite poetry away from archaic sophistry and metaphysics and towards a more lyrical mode. In the second half of the 20th century, Jnanpith awardees like G. Sankara Kurup, S. K. Pottekkatt, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai and M. T. Vasudevan Nair have made valuable contributions to the Malayalam literature.

Legends like Swati Tirunal, Eraiumman Thampy, Shadkala Govinda Maarar, Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Yesudas ( Jesudas ), Palghat Mani Iyer, Vidwan Gopala Pillai, Chertala Gopalan Nair, M. D. Ramanathan, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Sankaran Namboothiri, Mavelikkara Krishnankutty Nair, Neyyatinkara Vasudevan and T. N. Krishnan are renowned musical exponents from Kerala.

He also could learn Tamil from Swaminatha Desikar and philosophy from Professor Sundaram Pillai during his study at the gurukulam.

Pillai a popular drama and cinema artist who is from Aymanam, Olassa.

Pillai ) who is a famous Malayalam movie actor is from Aymanam, olassa.

Pillai was a government clerk from Penang who arrived in Singapore with Stamford Raffles on his second visit to the island in May 1819.

In 1938, he made India his base, and established ' Uday Shankar India Cultural Centre ', at Simtola, 3 km from Almora, in Uttarakhand Himalayas, and invited Sankaran Namboodri for Kathakali, Kandappa Pillai for Bharatanatyam, Ambi Singh for Manipuri and Ustad Allauddin Khan for music.

There's a difference of opinion on the exact origin of the word " Mappila " (" Moplah " in Colonial sources ), but by and large it is considered to be derived from a combination of ancient Tamil or Malayalam language words " Maha " (" great ") or " Ma " (" mother ") and " Pillai "(" son ").

Guru Chenganoor Raman Pillai, also spelt Chengannur Raman Pillai, ( 1886 – 1980 ) was a celebrated Kathakali artist from Kerala in south India.

Changampuzha Krishna Pillai ( Malayalam: ചങ ് ങമ ് പ ു ഴ ക ൃ ഷ ് ണപ ി ള ് ള ) ( 11 October 1911 – 17 June 1948 ) was a celebrated Malayalam poet from Kerala, India, known almost exclusively for his romantic elegy Ramanan ( Malayalam: രമണന ്‍) which was written in 1936 and sold over 100, 000 copies.

Later she learnt the dance from ' Mylapore Gowri Amma ', and finally with help of E. Krishna Iyer from ' Pandanallur Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai '.