Originated over 500 years ago, Kathakali is a spectacular classical dance form of Kerala. It is a combination of drama, dance, music and ritual. Kathakali is one of the oldest theatre forms in the ...

Kathakali, which originated in Kerala over 300 years ago, combines devotion, drama, dance, music, costumes and make-up to retell the great stories of the past, mostly from Indian epics, using hand ...

THRISSUR: With its origins around the 16th century, kathakali is a classical performance art that combines dance, drama and music, and is rightly considered a national treasure. But society’s ...

Penned by 17 th century Kerala poet, dramatist, writer, and scholar, Unnai Warrier, Nalacharithram Attakatha was written to suit the artform of Kathakali, making it more dramatic and full of action.

The Kunhiramans have, for many decades, been among the keepers of the flame for kathakali, a centuries-old theatrical and splendid dance traditional to the southwestern state of Kerala.

Kerala resident Lakshmi Ranjith has proved that Kathakali can also be learned through online platforms. She is a native of Manjoor village in Kottayam district. She started it as a hobby during ...

The repetitive presentation of Kathakali in global tourism platforms as the face of Kerala has raised apprehensions about Kerala’s overdependence on the art form leading to a loss of freshness ...

Madavoor had also worked as a faculty at the Thekkan Kalari (southern school of Kathakali) of the Kerala Kalamandalam and was the principal of the Kalabharathi performing art institute.

But Ragini’s long cherished dream to visit Kerala, the home of Kathakali, was fulfilled when she received an invitation from the Maharaja of Travancore to dance in the Arts Festival. She got an ...

With a B Sc (geography) degree, Ranjumol returned to Kerala when she got a job with ... So it was only natural that I chose to study Kathakali Vesham as a BA course at the RLV College of Music ...