Important Marches of Kerala Renaissance

The post below provides a quick description of all the important marches of Kerala Renaissance, along with the leader, the location, and the intent / cause of occurrence.

Repeated questions from this topic are asked in several Kerala PSC examinations, such as "Who led the Savarna Jatha from Nagercoil to Thiruvananthapuram in 1924?" or "Who led the Beypore Salt Satyagraha?"

So, for the sake of ease of learning for the Kerala PSC aspirants, we have put together a list of all the important jathas/marches throughout the Kerala Renaissance period in chronological order below.


Savarna Jatha (1924)

  • Place – Vaikom to Thiruvanathapuram.
  • Leader – Mannathu Padmanabhan.
  • Associated with – Vaikom Satyagraha.
  • Memorial related to Vaikom sathyagraha after the Savarna Jatha was submitted to – Regent Sethu Lakshmi Bhai.
  • Place – Tirunelveli to Vaikom.
  • Leader – E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker.
  • Place – Nagercoil to Thiruvananthapuram.
  • Leader – Dr. M. E. Naidu. (alias Perumal Varadarajulu)










Salt Satyagraha March / Salt March (1930)

  • Date – April 13 - 21, 1930.
  • Place – Kozhikode to Payyanur.
  • Leader – K. Kelappan.
  • Date – April 19, 1930.
  • Place – Palakkad to Payyanur.
  • Leader – T.R. Krishnaswamy Iyer.
  • Place – Ponnani to Payyanur.
  • Leader – E. Moidu Moulavi. 
  • Place – Beypore to Payyanur.
  • Leader – Muhammad Adbur Rahuman.








Yachana Yatra (1931)

  • Date – 1931 April 26.
  • Duration – 7 days.
  • Leader – V. T. Bhattathiripad.
  • Place – Thrissur to Chandragiri River (Kasarcode).
  • Cause – For the education of children from poor economic conditions.

Temple Jatha (1931)

  • Leader – A. K. Gopalan.
  • Place – Kannur to Guruvayoor.

Pattini Jatha (Hunger March / Starvation March, 1936)

  • Date – July, 1936.
  • Leader – A. K. Gopalan.
  • Place – Kannur to Madras.
  • No. of members – 32.

Malabar Jatha (1937)

  • Leader – A. K. Gopalan.
  • Place – Kozhikode to Travancore.
  • Cause – In support of the movement for responsible government in Travancore.

Rajadhani March (1938)

  • Date – March, 1938.
  • Leader – Accamma Cherian.
  • Place – Thampanoor to Kowadiyar (Trivandrum).
  • Ruler of  Travancore – Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma.
  • Cause – To have a responsible governement.
  • Accamma Cherian became known as the 'Jhansi Rani of Tranvancore.'

Deepashikha Jatha (1959)

  • Leader – Mannathu Padmanabhan.
  • Place – Angamaly to Thiruvanathapuram.
  • Associated with – Vimochana Samaram.

Peasant Jatha / Kalnada Jatha (1960)

  • Leader – A. K. Gopalan.
  • Place –  Kasarcode to Thiruvanathapuram.

Samoohika Parishkarana Jatha  (സാമൂഹിക പരിഷ്കരണ ജാഥ) (1968)

  • Leader – V. T. Bhattathiripad.
  • Place – Kanjangad to Chhembazhanthi.
  • Cause – Promotion of intercaste marriage.

Yudha Virudha Jatha (യുദ്ധ വിരുദ്ധ ജാഥ)

  • Leader – Poikayil Yohannan.
  • Place – Marangulam to Kulathoor hills.

Peasant March

  • Leader – Swami Ananda Theertha.
  • Place – Palakkad to Sabarmathi.

Bodhavalkarana Jadha (ബോധവത്കരണ ജാഥ)

  • Leader – Parvathi Nenmenimangalam.
  • Place – Malappuram to Kottayam.

Sawhrida Jadha (സൗഹൃദ ജാഥ)

  • Leader – K.K. Kausalya.
  • Associated with – Paliyam Sathyagraha.

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