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Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878–1958)

Malayalam poet and institutional architect who co-founded Kerala Kalamandalam in 1930 to safeguard Kathakali, Mohiniyattam, and Koodiyattam.

Archival portrait of Malayalam poet and Kerala Kalamandalam co-founder Vallathol Narayana Menon

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Archival portrait of Malayalam poet and Kerala Kalamandalam co-founder Vallathol Narayana Menon
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As feudal palace patronage waned across early twentieth-century Malabar, Vallathol Narayana Menon and Mukunda Raja organized public lottery drives and international recital tours to endow a permanent residential gurukula along the Bharathapuzha river at Cheruthuruthy. 1

By uniting northern and southern Kerala acting, percussion, and makeup lineages under one roof, Kerala Kalamandalam ensured the continuity of classical Malayalam and Sanskrit theatre into the modern era. 1

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Kathakali
Thrissur, Kerala, India · Dance
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Koodiyattam
Thrissur, Kerala, India · Craft
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India
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What’s on this page is sourced from the citation below.

SourcePublisherLicence
History of Kerala KalamandalamKerala Kalamandalam Archive, 2012—
"Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878–1958)." Folkroom Archive (Artists), https://folkroom.org/artists/vallathol-narayana-menon · CC BY-SA 4.0.