Gundert's Bungalow
Location: About 20 km from Kannur town, at Nettur, on the outskirts of Thalassery (in Kannur district), north Kerala. Dr. Hermann Gundert (18141893), a scholar of the German Basel Mission compiled the first Malayalam English Dictionary. He also authored Malayala Rajyam (1870) which comprises the history and geography of Malabar , the first of its kind on the land's geography. He was the publisher of one of Malayalam's oldest newspaper, the "Paschimodayam" and also authored several books on Malayalam grammar, religion, and philosophy. Some of his works are Kerala Pazhama (1868), Manushya Hridayam, Vajrasooji, Muhamadeeya Charitam, Christu Sabha Charitram etc. A book on Malayalam sayings was published in 1845. He spent his last days at 'Karu' in Germany. For the lovers of the Malayalam language, the Gundert's Bungalow has been preserved as a hisorically significant place.
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