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The record, in time

6 dated moments across 5 centuries, oldest first. The century map on the homepage draws a sample of this; here is all of it.

4 further entries have no date and cannot be placed here. They are on the tradition’s own page, where they belong.

6th centuryn = 1
  1. 7th century CE

    OriginKanjeevaram Silk Weaving

    Rises under the Pallava dynasty

    Drishti IAS

16th centuryn = 1
  1. 17th century

    OriginKathakali

    Emerges from Ramanattam, Krishnanattam, and Koodiyattam

    Routledge · Kerala Tourism (Government of Kerala)

17th centuryn = 1
  1. 18th–19th century

    PatronageKathakali

    Royal courts of Kerala sustain the form

    Kerala Tourism (Government of Kerala)

19th centuryn = 1
  1. early 20th century

    DeclineKathakali

    Feudal patronage recedes, troupes disband

    Kerala Kalamandalam (Government of Kerala deemed university)

20th centuryn = 2
  1. 1930–present

    RevivalKathakali

    Kerala Kalamandalam founded

    Kerala Kalamandalam (Government of Kerala deemed university) · Wikipedia

  2. 1934–1966

    RevivalMadhubani Painting

    Rediscovered after the 1934 earthquake; moves to paper

    World History Encyclopedia · Wikipedia