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world focus magazine Published this article page no  127 PAYYANUR Why in news? Kerala plans to set up a Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Museum at Payyanur situated on the banks of the Perumba river in Keralas Kannur district. Historical Significance of the place  The Simon Commission Protest in 1928 Moyarath Sankaran A. Lakshmana Shenoy and Subrahmanyam Thirumunpu were the leaders of Simon Go Back protest in Payyanur.  The Salt Satyagraha in 1930 Under the leadership of Kerala Gandhi K. Kelappan the satyagraha saw a procession of 33 satyagrahis from Kozhikode to Payyannur which earned Payyanur the distinction of Second Bardoli.  Antiuntouchability movement Payyanur was also an epicentre of the antiuntouchability movement. Great leaders of the movement at Payyanur  A.K. Gopalan K.A. Keraliyan and Vishnu Bharatiyan  ushered boys from the oppressed Pulaya community into the Kurumba Bhagavathi Temple. o One of the first crusaders against casteism in Payyanur was Swami Anandatheertha a Konkani Brahmin by birth who was consecrated as Swami Anandatheertha by Narayana Guru and fought lifelong for the rights of Dalits.  Gandhis connection Gandhiji visited Kerala in 1934 to call on Swami Anandatheertha. He planted a mango tree in his Ashram which still thrives at that site world focus magazine buy.

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