Ayathan Family

Rao Sahib DR. Ayyathan Gopalan popularly known as " Darsarji" and " Darsar Sahib" ("Darsar" means "doctor", derived from Latin word "docere" for doctor), was an Indian doctor, surgeon, professor, writer, philanthropist, social reformer, and Renaissance leader from Kerala. He is the founder of the Sugunavardhini movement (1900) and Depressed classes mission (1909) and also the leader and propagandist of Brahmo samaj (1893). Among his followers included Brahmananda Swami sivayogi, Vaghbhatananda, and Brahmavadhi P. Kunhiraman.  Dr.Ayathan Gopalan titled P. Kunhiraman as "Brahmavadhi" and Sivayogi as "Brahmamanda". Dr.Ayathan Gopalan was awarded and honoured by the British Government with the highest civilian award during British rule in India and with the title “Rao Sahib” for his medical and humanitarian services done for the society and mankind. Gopalan was born at Telicherry (now Thalassery), as the first son of ...

Dr. Ayathan Janaki Ammal (1878–1945) "The first female (women) allopathic doctor and surgeon in Kerala". Dr. Ayathan Janaki Ammal was also the first female doctor and surgeon from the Thiyya community and also acclaim with the name and title as the first Malayali lady doctor and surgeon of Kerala. She is the sister to Ayathan Gopalan a reknowned renaissance leader and social reformer of Kerala, the founder of Sugunavardhini movement (1900), Depressed Classes Mission (1909), and the leader and propagandist of Brahmosamaj in Kerala. She was born into "Ayathan" family (aristocratic family of Malabar) at Thalassery, as the youngest daughter of Ayyathan Chandhan and Kallat Chiruthammal. She studied at the Telicherry Elementary School, Mission High School and moved to convent school, Calicut in 1897. She then joined Madras Medical College in 1902 on scholarship and passed the Medical degree (sub assistant surgeon) in 1907 with the highest rank and with honors. That same y...