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𝙆𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙢, 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 1930 𝙗𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙚𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙖𝙗𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙡 𝙉𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙢 𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙟𝙖, 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙆𝙖𝙠𝙠𝙖𝙙 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙙.  The institution was Founded in 1930 by renowned poet PadmabhooshanVallathol Narayana Menon and his close associate Manakkulam Mukundaraja, under the patronage of Kakkad Karanavappad. At the beginning it was exclusively a training centre for Kathakali. Its first venue was Madappattil, the residence of the above patron, at Kunnamkulam near Thrissur. Shortly afterwards it moved to Srinivasam Bungalow of Mukundaraja at Ambalapuram. In 1936, Kalamandalam was relocated to its own plot and building on the banks of the river Bharathapuzha in Cheruthuruthy village of Thrissur District. The well-organized, systematic and disciplined methodology followed in training as we...