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Unnayi
Warrier Smaraka Kalanilayam
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During the Second half of the yester century the art lovers of Irinjalakuda
conducted a Kathakali ticket programme in which the famous Kathakali
performers partook. This aroused the craving of Irinjalakudites for
a Kathakali Institute to impart training for creating Kathakali artists
from the land of Lord Sangamesha. Connoisseurs at this time thought
of paying a befitting tribute for Unnayi Warrier, the famous Romantic
poet of Malayalam Literature. These double craving resulted in the
evolution of Unnayi Warrier Smaraka Kalanilayam .
Dr. K. N. Pisharody, Adv. Puthur Achutha Menon, Adv. K. K. Thampan,
Adv. Nellickappilly Parameswara Menon, Adv. Panampilly Raghava Menon,
S. K. Menon, Sri. C. R. Kesavan Vaidyar, Karunakara Pillai and so
on rendered their helping hands to evolve the Institute. The institute
was inaugurated by Sri. Panampilly Govinda Menon, the then Chief Minister
of Travancore state, on 12th July 1955 under the registration No.
9/55. Since then it has been functioning as a Kathakali performing
and training institute. |
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Unnayi
Warrier Smaraka Kalanilayam during 1955
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Kalanilayam was fortunate enough to receive the patronage from connoisseurs
such as Dr. K. N. Pisharody, Adv. Puthur Achutha Menon, Adv. K. K.
Thampan, Adv. Nellickappilly Parameswara Menon, Adv. Panampilly Raghava
Menon, S. K. Menon, Sri. C. R. Kesavan Vaidyar, Karunakara Pillai.
C. T. Madhava Menon, Ponthankandath Thankamani Amma, M. C. Paul, T.
O. Paul, and many academics who could make available the valuable
services of maestros Pallipuram GopalanNair, Kalamandalam Karunakaran,
Kalamandalam Murali, Kottackal Sivaraman, Sadanam Krishnan Kutty,
Vengoor Ramakrishnan, Velappan Bhagavathar, Kalamandalam subramanian,
Kalamandalam Appu Marar, Kalamandalam Easwara Warrier, Kalamandalam
Balaraman, Krishnankutty Marar and Thrikkur Unnikrishnan and Kalamandalam
Kuttan, Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan, Ezhikkara Appu Bhagavathar, Chalakudi
Nambissan, Kalamandalam Balaraman, Kalamandalam Natarajan, Kalanilayam
Raghavan, Kalamandalam Ravindran, Cherthala Kuttappa Kurup, Kalamandalam
Narayanan Nair, Kalanilayam Janardhanan. They were both good performers
and teachers and imparted valuable lessons which could nurture an
ordinary person into a perfect artist.
Many of the students in the institute were the recipients of Government
of India cultural wing scholarship for Kathakali. The present principal
Kalanilayam Gopalakrishnan was the first student of the Unnayi Warrier
Kalanilayam to receive this meritorious scholarship. The first principal
of the Kalanilayam Pallippuram Gopalan Nair is no more. |
| Kalanilayam which has an asset worth Rs. 2.5 crore (
the institute and the movable property combined.) is governed by a
body of 12 persons elected from the general council consisting of
102 life members. Besides, Secretary, Department of Culture, Secretary
Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy, District Information Officer, R.D.O., Calicut University Vice Chancellor, are also members of the
governing body. Chairperson, Irinjalakuda Municipality, Member of
the Legislative Assembly from Irinjalakuda, Member of Parliament,
Mukundapuram are specially invited members. |
| Future Plans of Unnayi Warrier Smaraka Kalanilayam |
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Setting up of an independent Arena to impart training
in all classical form of dances (initially Indian varieties). |
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Promoting cultural tourism by conducting international
seminars, art festivals training packages for extraneous fellows and
providing suitable lodging facilities as an annex. |
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Introducing play methods to new appreciable aesthetic
works. |
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| Gateway to Kalanilayam Complex |
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| Naishadham Swannery Resort |
To commemorate the text of Nalacharitham, especially the mission of
Flamingo to launch love between King Nala and Princess Dhamayanthi.
We proposed to set up a cultural tourism project in large scale costing
Rs.3 crores, consisting of art gallery, statue gallery, floating stage
covering an open air stadium, lodging, lecture hall etc. |
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