Mathrubhumi

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]

Mathrubhumi

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	M. V. Shreyams Kumar Mathrubhumi Printing And Publishing Company Ltd
Publisher	P. V. Chandran
Founded	1923; 102 years ago (1923)
Language	Malayalam, English (online)
Headquarters	Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Circulation	10,70,215 daily[1] (as of April 2023)
Website	mathrubhumi.com
Free online archives	digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com

90th anniversary celebrations of Mathrubhumi, Kochi, 2014.

Printing centers

Printing centers are located in Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Kochi, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram.

Publications

• Arogyamasika^[4] (health publication)
• Balabhumi^[5] (children's publication)
• Cartoon Plus^[5]
• Grihalakshmi^[6] (women's publication)
• Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu (illustrated weekly)
• Mathrubhumi Sports Masika^[7] (sports publication in Malayalam)
• Mathrubhumi^[8] (complete multipurpose portal) (in Malayalam)
• Mathrubhumi Yearbook Plus – Malayalam (in Malayalam)
• Mathrubhumi Yearbook Plus – English^[9] (in English)
• Mathrubhumi Yathra^[10] (travel magazine)
• Minnaminni^[5] (for pre-primary/lower primary children)

Events

Mathrubhumi celebrated its 100th anniversary on 18 March 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]

See also

• List of Malayalam-language newspapers
• Malayalam journalism
• Mathrubhumi News channel
• Mathrubhumi Club FM
• Mathrubhumi Kappa TV
• Live Mathrubhumi TV