AuthorAbbas Panakkal

A poor boy, named Kunhi Marakkar, had lost his father in the early days and was brought up by is pious mother, who affectionately cared for him and aspired to make him a disciple of a great scholar of that time, Zainuddin Makhdum the First (1467-1522, of Ponnani.  He also trained in the traditional martial arts of the time, known as Kalari.  According to a legendary story in the Kottupalli Mala...