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Gandhi Seva Sadan is a Kathakali institution located in Perur village, some 12 kilometres east of Ottapalam in Palakkad district of north-central Kerala in southern India.It was founded in 1953 by the (late) Gandhian and freedom fighter K. Kumaran, equally known for his unflagging devotion to the promotion of the arts.
Nishagandhi Dance Festival, organised by the Kerala Tourism Department, [1] is a one-week festival of classical dances held annually in the Nishagandhi amphitheatre, Kanakakkunnu Palace, Thiruvananthapuram. [2] It usually happened in the last week of January, every year. [3]
The Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship is an honour presented by the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, an autonomous organisation for the encouragement, preservation, and documentation of the performing arts of Kerala, set up by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala. Instituted in 1972, the fellowships are given ...
Today the palace and its sprawling grounds are the venue for many cultural meetings and programmes. An all India Dance Festival (October - March) is organised by the Department of Tourism every year. During this period the classical Indian Dance performances are conducted every day. There are many tourists streaming from foreign countries every ...
Nishagandhi Puraskaram or Nishagandhi award (Malayalam : നിശാഗന്ധി പുരസ്കാരം) is an annual award instituted by the Tourism Department of Kerala in India to honour personalities in the fields of music and dance. [4] [5] The award carries a cash prize of 1,50,000 Indian Rupees, a citation, and a statuette. [1]
Vallathol Samadhi Old Campus now used as the P.G.campus. Kerala Kalamandalam, a deemed-to-be-University of Art and Culture by the Government of India, is a major centre for learning Indian performing arts, especially those that developed in the country's southern states, with special emphasis on those from Kerala.
The Kerala government has established a dance village named 'Guru Gopinath Natanagramam in Trivandrum. The Natanagramam has a 3-storey dance museum dedicated to him. Guru Gopinath has travelled and performed in many parts of the world. He made performances in US, erstwhile USSR and Sri Lanka. He was a member of the first cultural delegation of ...
Performer at a Kannur district school dance festival, 2009. Mohiniyattam is an Indian classical dance form originating from the state of Kerala. [1] [2] The dance gets its name from Mohini – the female enchantress avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu, who helps the devas prevail over the asuras using her feminine charm.