Damodaran was born to Kizhakkiniyakath Thuppan Nampoothiri and Keezhedathu Narayani Amma in Ponnani in Malappuram district.

He was arrested in 1931 for participating in the civil disobedience movement and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 23 months.

All through these years he was intellectually active by way of writing articles and books, learning new languages and debating on various forums.

After the tenure, he devoted his time to a comprehensive research on the history of the Party at (JNU) under an ICHR fellowship.

'pattabakki' was the first political drama to be staged in kerala which, in a way, paved the way for the advancement of communist ideology among the common people.

He dwelled deep into Indian Philosophy which was considered solely spiritual until then and discovered new streams of material thoughts in it.

He completed only first part of Kerala History based on archeology, anthropology and coin sciences.