He married the sister of Mithavaadi Krishnan, and worked as a mixed-race social reformer and community benefactor.

[3] A large landowner and merchant, he held a high position in public life in Kozhikode.

He was the one who gave land for the construction of Brahmo mandir at Jail road Calicut .He played a major role with Dr. Gopalan in social reform initiatives such as Harijan revival, intermarriage, pantibhojan.etc.

In 1094 Kanni, the entire Kerala Thiyya Mahasammellan gathered at Paran Square, Kozhikode participated.

In the Malabar region, several families, each headed by a Mooppan (patriarch), were highly respected by the mercantile community in Kerala and abroad, for their entrepreneurship and trade.

[16] Kallingkal Madam was one of the leading shipowners and traders whose ships used a separate dock in Arabia.

The ships exported goods from Kerala up to Konkan, such as timber, spices, copra, elephant tusks, cured fish, rice, millet, peacock-feather and animal skins, woven cloth and handicrafts.

[15][17][18][19][20] The Kallingkal Madam also contributed C. Krishnan, editor of the revolutionary journal Mithavadi (Moderate).

[14] The place where the Empress Victoria Press stood was the place where the ancient Kallingal Math was born as a lineage and its member, Rarichan Moopan Ittikoshi,[14] was entrusted with the vision and Kesavamenon was written all the way from Ittikoshi in black and later Rarichanmoupan Kesavamenon himself deconstructed it.