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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | M. V. Shreyams Kumar Mathrubhumi Printing And Publishing Company Ltd |
Publisher | P. V. Chandran |
Founded | 1923 |
Language | Malayalam, English (online) |
Headquarters | Kozhikode, Kerala, India |
Circulation | 1,084,215 daily[1] (as of April 2023) |
Website | mathrubhumi |
Free online archives | digitalpaper |
Mathrubhumi is a Malayalam newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. It was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British. The word "Mathrubhumi" translates to 'mother land'. It is the second most widely read newspaper daily in Kerala.[2] It publishes a variety of magazines and supplements including the weekly literary magazine, Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu.[3]
Printing centers are located in Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Kochi, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram.
Mathrubhumi celebrated its 100th anniversary on March 18, 2023, at the CIAL Convention Centre in Kochi. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the closing ceremonies, and Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur unveiled the souvenir.[11][12]