ward ▁cas te ▁people ▁who ▁were ▁recent ▁converts ▁to ▁Christian ity . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁his ▁young est ▁son ▁died ▁of ▁s nake ▁b ite . ▁For ▁his ▁fun eral , ▁M osa ▁W als al am ▁sang ▁the ▁song ▁" N inte ▁h ith am ▁po ley enne " ▁(" L ead ▁me ▁according ▁to ▁Th y ▁will ". ▁This ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁song ▁composed ▁by ▁him . ▁ ▁M osa ▁W als al am ▁was ▁a ▁well ▁known ▁poet ▁and ▁a ▁great ▁music ian . ▁He ▁wrote ▁many ▁Christian ▁songs ▁in ▁Mal ay al am ▁and ▁translated ▁songs ▁from ▁T amil ▁and ▁English ▁to ▁Mal ay al am . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁social ▁reform er . ▁He ▁str essed ▁on ▁er adic ation ▁cas te - based ▁in equal ities ▁and ▁fe ud al ism . ▁Also , ▁he ▁gave ▁much ▁importance ▁to ▁creating ▁aw aren ess ▁against ▁liqu or ▁and ▁to dd y ▁among ▁the ▁Christians ▁of ▁southern ▁Tra van core . ▁He ▁ex h orted ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Nad ar ▁C aste - to ▁which ▁he ▁belonged - ▁to ▁give ▁up ▁t apping ▁to dd y ▁from ▁country ▁pal m , ▁which ▁was ▁followed ▁as ▁a ▁traditional ▁profession ▁by ▁some ▁of ▁this ▁cas te ▁members . ▁Besides , ▁he ▁shared ▁an ▁int imate ▁friendship ▁with ▁Sri ▁Nar ay ana ▁G uru , ▁the ▁famous ▁social ▁reform er ▁of ▁Ker ala , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁held ▁many ▁discuss ions ▁on ▁social ▁and ▁spiritual ▁issues ▁