<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid rich tributes to social reformer Mahatma Ayyankali on his jayanti. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, India remains indebted to greats like Mahatma Ayyankali. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Prime Minister said, his work towards social reform and empowering the downtrodden will always inspire.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ayyankali was born on August 28 in the year 1863, in Venganoor, Thiruvananthapuram. He was a social reformer who worked for the advancement of deprived  people in the princely state of Travancore in British India, the present day Kerala.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mahatma Ayyankali also sought to improve access to education. He died at the age of 68 years in 1941.</span><br />''