Kunchan Nambiar
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Kunchan Nambiar was a prominent Malayalam poet of the 18th century. Apart from being a prolific poet, Nambiar is also famous as the originator of the dance art form of Thullall, most of his works were
Kunchan Nambiar statue in Ambalappuzha
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Mizhavu used by Kunchan Nambiar at Ambalappuzha Sri Krishna temple
Ambalappuzha Sri Krishna Temple, the place where Nambiar is believed to have performed Ottan Thullal for the first time.
Mizhavu
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A mizhav or mizhavu is a big copper drum played as an accompanying percussion instrument in the Koodiyattam and Koothu, the performing arts of Kerala, which include nangiar koothu, chakyar koothu, and
Kunchan Nambiar
…the ridicule he had to suffer from a Chakyar Koothu performer who chastised Nambiar when he dozed off while accompanying the koothu performance on Mizhavu. He used pure Malayalam as opposed to the stylised and Sanskritized Malayalam language of Chakyar Koothu, and adopted many elements from Padayani and…
Mizhavu kept in Mizhavana (wooden box made especially to keep the mizhavu).
Kalamandalam Achuthanandan playing Mizhavu for Chakyar Koothu