KERALA KALAMANDALAM

കേരള കലാമണ്ഡലം

(KERALA KALAMANDALAM)

 Kerala Kalamandalam Founded in 1930 by renowned poet Padmabhooshan Vallathol Narayana Menon along the banks of the river Nila in the Cheruthuruthy village of Thrissur District, Kalamandalam is an immortal name in the cultural map of the world. Kalamandalam is strictly a residential center of learning. Veteran teachers and talented students are its inestimable wealth. For art-recitals held in Kalamandalam and outside, artiste-teachers and students participate. Kerala Kalamandalam lately renamed as Kalamandalam Deemed University of Art and Culture, is a major centre for learning Indian performing arts, , especially those that developed in the southern state of India, with the special emphasis on  Kerala . It is situated in the village of Cheruthuruthy in Thrissur District on the banks of the Bharathapuzha river . Kalamandalam imparts training in classical dance and theatre forms like Kathakali,Mohiniyattam,Kudiyattam,Thullal, Kuchipudi,Bharatanatyam and Nagian, besides the traditional orchestra called  Panchavadyam. Training is also given in various percussion instruments like  chenda,maddalam and mizhavu . Kalamandalam follows the gurukula sampradayam, the ancient Indian education system based on residential tutelage. Kalamandalam was conceived to provide training to its students in the Gurukula Sampradaya, an ancient tradition of residential schooling where students stayed with the teachers.

Prof. John Kurakar