Nidhiry Mani Kathanar

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Mar Emmanuel Nidhiri
Vicar-General of Syro Malabar Catholic Church
Church	Syro Malabar Catholic Church
Predecessor	Kuriakose Elias Chavara
Successor	Aloysius Pazheparambil
Personal details
Born	Emmanuel (1842-05-27)27 May 1842 Kuravilangad, Kingdom of Travancore, British India (present day Kottayam, Kerala, India)
Died	20 June 1904(1904-06-20) (aged 62) Kuravilangad, Kingdom of Travancore, British India (present-day Kottayam, Kerala, India)
Buried	Marth Mariam Church, Kuravilangadu[1]
Nationality	Indian

Mar Emmanuel Nidhiri (27 May 1842 – 20 June 1904), also known as Nidhiry Mani Kathanar, was a significant figure in the history of the Syrian Malabar Nasrani church in Kerala. He led the community against the European hegemony over the Saint Thomas Christians and was accepted by the factions in the Kerala church. Nidhiri was the second Vicar General of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.

Nidhiri founded the Nazranee Deepika, which was the forerunner of today's Deepika newspaper, and was instrumental in the founding of another newspaper, the Malayala Manorama. Furthermore, Nidhiri had a role in organizing the Malayali Memorial— one of the first steps in the social transformation of Kerala —and was a key figure in the opening up of his community to English education.

In 1969, as a tribute to his contribution to Malayalam literature, the Kerala Literary Academy unveiled his portrait in the Academy Hall in Trichur, Kerala.