When words are given life they are better explained. Now imagine if they assume the form of sculptures, everyone can walk around and relate to them like they were tactile entities.

As part of the International Book Fair organised by the Kerala Balasahitya Institute, statues have been erected in five major points of the city with an intention to pay homage to the legendary figures of Malayalam literature.

The characters in Malayalam classics are being remembered through these statues erected in different parts of the city, spreading the essence of literature among the young. Children are fascinated and curious about these beautiful sculptures, which catch their eyes during traffic blocks. Parents are being forced to go back to their school days to recollect verses from the great Malayalam  poetryand novels.

 

 

Anyone who passes by the Statue – Palayam road will stop for a second at the entrance of Sanskrit College and  recollect the verses of the famous romantic poem 'Ramanan' written by Changampuzha. The monument has beautifully portrayed the eternal love shared by Ramanan and Chandrika.

 

Every Malayali would have been touched by the verses of Changampuzha’s 'Vazhakkula', where the authorities take away the huge plantain that stood in the premises of the farmer’s home. This is reinforced in the minds of Trivandrumites through the structure raised at Pattom Junction.

 

‘KeralamValarunu’, the farsighted poem of Pala Narayanan Nair has been brought to life at East Fort. This huge houseboat reminds us of the lines from the poem- “Keralam valarunu pashchimaghatangale keriummarinjum chennanyamam rajyangalil.”

 

The Vellayambalam junction is beautified with the evergreen romantic couple Karuthamma and Pareekutty of Thakazhi Shivasankara Pillai’s 'Chemmeen'. The passers by on seeing the statue are bound to have flashes of memory from their younger days watching Madhu and Sheela who made this classic novel an everlasting saga of unfulfilled love on the silver screen.

 

The statue of a lady and a tiger in front of the Fine Arts College honours renowned poet Vailopilli Sreedhara Menon whose poem ‘Pennum Puliyum’ is given life through this fantastic work of art.

 

Homage is also paid to the first lexicographer of Malayalam, Sooranad Kunjan Pillai at Vazhuthacaud Women’s College Junction.