Sharada, the second Malayalam women's magazines to be published in Kerala,[1] was started in November 1904 from Thripunithura, Kochi.
[4] K. Narayana Menon was the owner of the magazine and it was printed at Bharathi Vilasam Press.
Sharada was in print till 1908 under the patronage of K. Ramakrishna Pillai.
[5] After a break, the magazine was restarted in 1913 under the editorship of Kalyani Amma and other women writers and social activists.
It was started with the aim to educate and bring about the development of Malayali women.