Koodiyattam
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Koodiyattam is a traditional performing art form in the state of Kerala, India. It is a combination of ancient Sanskrit theatre with elements of Koothu, an ancient performing art from the Sangam era.
Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar and his troupe performing Thoranayudham (part of Bhasa's play Abhiṣeka Nataka based on the epic Ramayana) Koodiyattam (1962, Chennai)
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Koodiyattam performer Kapila Venu
Mizhavu kept in a mizhavana (a wooden box made especially to keep mizhavu)
Mani Madhava Chakyar
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Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar was an Indian performance artist and Sanskrit scholar from Kerala, considered to be the greatest Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist and authority of modern times. He was c
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…elders of the Chakyar community traditionally taught the artform to their youngsters. It was performed only by Chakyars until the 1950s. In 1955, Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar performed Kutiyattam outside the temple for the first time, for which he faced many problems from the hardline Chakyar community. In his own words: My…
Mani Madhava Chakyar
Chakyar as Ravana, at the age of 89, at Tripunithura. It was one of his last public Koodiyattam performances
Sringāra Rasa-abhinaya of Guru Māni Mādhava Chākyār.