Due to the service done by the poet ___________, the Kathakali dance form received a new impetus and today, many innovations are also being made to suit the needs of a changing society.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Vallathol Narayana Menon.
- Vallathol Narayana Menon (16 October 1878 – 13 March 1958) was a Malayalam poet and one of the triumvirate of modern Malayalam poetry, along with Asan and Ulloor.
- The honorific Mahakavi (great poet) was applied to him in 1913 after the publication of his Mahakavya Chitrayogam.
- He also wrote against the caste system, the tyranny of the British and Brahmanas and other social orthodoxies.
- He founded the Kerala Kalamandalam and is credited with revitalising the traditional Keralite dance form known as Kathakali.