 He died in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) on 23 August 2006 at the age of 76 and was survived by his wife and two children.He was cremated the following day in his native village, Kavalam, in a plot he had set apart twelve years ago for the purpose, on the western side of his traditional family house, "Olickal tharavad".The house finds reference in several of his works, especially in his poem 'Kavalam' in the anthology "Pathumanippookkal".