Career
After his education Unni joined different educational institutions and worked as a Malayalam Munshi for 35 years. He retired from M D Seminari High School, Kottayam.
Neelakantan Unni has written a number of books in Malayalam. He published several remarkable collections of legends related to temples, rituals and ancient traditions. He translated Kalidasa's Sanskrit texts of Abhijñānaśākuntalam and Meghadūta into Malayalam. One of his most famous works is Pancha Maha Nikhandu. Besides these, he has also written 3 attakkathas, the lyrics used for Kathakali.
He wrote a poetic biography of Muhammad in Sanskrit, called Vishuddha Nabi Charitham. Being an eminent Scholar in Sanskrit, "Ayodhya Sanskrit Parishad" honoured him with Sahitya Ratna and Vidyabhushan degrees. Neelakantan Unni died in 1980.
On 4 April 2011, D C Books released "Aithihyakathakal" as a compilation of Neelakantan Unni's collection of legends and is considered as the most important collection of its kind after 'Aithihyamala' by Kottarathil Sankunni.
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