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'''Kadhirur Gurukkal''', also known as '''Mathiloor Gurukkal''', was a martial artist of [[medieval India]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of Kerala Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PzvI1bCIbwIC|year=2010|publisher=University of Kerala|page=11}}</ref>{{full|date=May 2017}} He came from [[Kadirur]], near to [[Thalasserry]] in the [[North Malabar]] region of present-day [[Kerala]]. He operated the Mathiloor Kalari, where [[Thacholi Othenan]] trained in [[Kalaripayattu]].<ref name="AyyappappanikkarAkademi1999">{{cite book|author1=Ayyappappanikkar|author2=Sahitya Akademi|title=Medieval Indian literature: an anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9sljAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0788-2|pages=278}}</ref><br />
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Gurukkal is mentioned in the Northern Ballads ([[Vadakkan Pattukal]]),<ref name="Jacob1972">{{cite book|author=K. Jacob|title=Folk Tales of Kerala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yLaAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Sterling Publishers|page=11}}</ref>{{qn|date=May 2017}} which say he belonged to the [[Kaniyar]] caste who were traditionally astrologers.{{cn|date=May 2017}} Despite being an excellent master, Gurukkal was killed by a trainee called Thacholi Othenan in a duel.<ref name="Menon1995">{{cite book|author=I. K. K. Menon|title=FOLK TALES OF KERALA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pCv2DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT134|date=14 August 1995|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India|isbn=978-81-230-2188-1|pages=134–}}</ref><ref name="AyyappappanikkarAkademi1999" />{{qn|date=May 2017}}<ref name="Thulaseedharan1977">{{cite book|author=K. Thulaseedharan|title=Conflict and Culture: Sociological Essays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lx4iAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=College Book House|page=72}}</ref>{{qn|date=May 2017}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian male martial artists]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kannur district]]<br />
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