Panikkar

Panikkar is a title used in India, specifically in the state of Kerala, which roughly comprises the former (British) Madras Presidency district of Malabar and the princely states of Cochin and Travancore, plus Kasargod from Mysore at the Northern end and minus Kanyakumari District at the Southern tip of India.

It is sometimes used as a surname by certain families from Hindu, Christian and secular communities.

Notable Panikkars

• Achyuta Panikkar, an astronomer of Kerala
• Ayyappa Panikkar, (1930 – 2006), a Malayalam poet, critic.
• Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan, an Indian writer
• Madhava Panikkar, one of the Niranam Poets
• Sankara Panikkar, one of the Niranam Poets
• Rama Panikkar, one of the Niranam Poets
• Kavalam Madhava Panikkar (1894–1963), Indian diplomat and writer
• Kavalam Narayan Panikkar (born 1928), dramatist and poet
• K. N. Panikkar (born 1936), Indian historian
• Raimon Panikkar, (1918 - 2010), a Catalan scholar

Note: The main article is under Panicker, although that is not the commonest of the many possible spellings of this name.