The foundation stone for the E.K. Nayanar Memorial Academy sponsored by Communist Party of India Marxist was laid in Kannur by CPI(M) State Secretary and trust chairman Pinarayi Vijayan on May 19. CPIM Central Committee Members Com. E P Jayarajan, Com. P K Sreemathi, Com. P Karunakaran MP were present during the occasion. Leaders came as a jatha to the site after paying floral tributes to the Great Communist Leader on his tomb in Payyambalam Beach. Com. Nayarnar's Family members were also present during the function. CPIM collected the money from common people of Kerala for building this monument.
The academy is being built on 3.73 acres of land at Burnassery in the Cantonment area where Thiruvepathi Mills was situated. The trust purchased the land from the mill management. The academy being developed will include E.K. Nayanar Memorial Museum, a library, an IMAX theatre, and a seminar complex.
A press release said the academy was being built to encourage studies and research on socio-political issues of the State. The museum would mirror the political and social evolution of the State. The theatre would be useful in introducing the region's agrarian struggles of the past to the new generation, and the library would have reference books for research scholars and students. It would have digital and audio-visual wings and a separate section for children. The seminar complex being developed at the site would have big hall with a capacity to accommodate 2,500 people and three smaller halls, a dining hall, guest rooms and parking facilities, the release added.
