Krishnanattam India
Dance-drama depicting the life of Krishna, patronised by the Zamorin rulers of north Kerala; an ancestor tradition of Kathakali.
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Jean-Pierre Dalbéra · CC BY 2.0 Manojk · CC BY-SA 3.0 Manojk · CC BY-SA 3.0 The tradition Krishnanattam is a temple dance-drama tradition depicting the life of Krishna, historically patronised by the Zamorin (Samoothiri) rulers of Calicut. It is one of the theatrical traditions that shaped the development of Kathakali.
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Other rooms in Dance Same family · with a photograph Cite "Krishnanattam." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/krishnanattam, text CC BY-SA, with attribution. Do you practise or teach Krishnanattam?
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