Question

Who wrote the Krishnagatha?
A) Cherussery
B) Ezhuthachan
C) Kunchan Nambiar
D) Arnos Pathiri

Answer 1

Hint: Krishnagatha is a sonnet (poem) written in the Malayalam language, it has a place with the idyllic structure Gatha. It manages the narrative of Krishna.

Complete Answer:
The creator of the poem is accepted to be Cherusseri Namboothiri, who lived in Cherusseri close to Vadakara in Kerala, India. It was written in the Malayalam language when abstract works were normally written in Sanskrit or Tamil. The sonnet offers significance to rhyme in second letters and third letters. It has a few words and expressions which are not, at this point, utilized in the Malayalam language. It likewise contains antiquated types of certain maxims. It utilizes a large portion of the figure of talks in the Sanskrit language, as Upama, Ulpreksha and Rupakam.

The sonnet is written in the meter Manjari. Krishna Gatha is utilized in India for everyday recitation as a demonstration of the love of Krishna during the Malayalam month Chingam (August - September) by passionate Malayali Hindus. The vibrant verse Krishna Gatha portrays the endeavours of Lord Krishna. Krishna Gatha is the itemized portrayal of the childhood tricks of Lord Krishna dependent on the tenth canto, an early Puranic book.

Cherusseri's significance lies in his unmistakable tendency towards the local tongue, by which his verse got well known among the individuals of Kerala. It is in Krishna Gatha that we see a word usage that is like that of the current day. The subject arrangements with the narrative of Lord Krishna.

Thus, option (A) is correct.

Note: Krishna Gatha is a long sonnet of epical measurements. Udaya Varma remunerated Cherusseri Namboothiri with the title Veera Shrinkhala and different distinctions.