Gulmohar - one day workshop on Kutiyattam and Natyasastra for students

Madhava Mathrugramam is conducting a one-day workshop on Kutiyattam and Natyasastra for students. The workshop will focus on imparting awareness in the technical aspects of both Kutiyattam and Natyasastra at theoretical and practical levels. Guru Pathmabhushan Dr. Ammannur Madhava Chakyar, the Kulapathy and the Grand Uncle of the present generation, was an eminent scholar of Natyasastra.

Having received training in Natyasastra from Kodungallur Kovilakam, the erstwhile Royal Family of Kodungallur, under the tutelage of the great Acharya Bhagavathar Kunjunni Thampuran, Madhava Chakyar had dexterously incorporated the acting techniques taught to him from the royal Gurukulam in his own acting process. Madhayva Chakyar was also the last disciple of the great Kodungallur Bhagavathar Kunjunni Thampuran. The Same training was later handed over to the younger generation at Ammannur Gurukulam by him.



‘Gulmohar’ is a one-day Kutiyattam Workshop in the presence of eminent Gurus, Sanskrit scholars and senior artists. The process will include discussions, question and answer sessions, acting and training. The main focus of this workshop is to create the awareness on each and every aspect of Natyasastra through the form of Kutiyattam which will encourage students to create their own path for adapting their taste in artistic level along with developing a research attitude. “Our wish is to develop a series of monthly or bi-monthly worshops on this concept”, says Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar.




Venue : Walden, Mannathikkulam Road, Irinjalakkuda.
27th May 2018, 9 AM to 5.30 PM

09.00 AM - Registration.
09.30 AM - Inauguration : Sri. G. Venu ( Director, Natanakairali)
Vote of Thanks- Adv. Ajayakumar. K.G

Photo Credit : Valson B Vennikkal

09.45 AM - Session 1
Eye practice and explanation of Navarasa based on Breating technique By Rajaneesh Chakyar

10.45 AM - Session 2
Hasthabhinaya ( Communication through Gestures by Dr. Aparna Nangiar )

11.45 AM - Tea Break

12.00 PM - Session 3
Movement techniques in Kutiyattam ( Angika-abhinaya) by Sri. Rajaneesh Chakyar



12.30 PM - Session 4
1. Chanting styles in Kutiyattam (Vaachika-abhinaya) by Dr. Aparna Nangiar

01.00 PM - Lunch Break

02.00 PM - Session 5
Kutiyattam performance by Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar

03.00 PM - Session 6
Natyasastra & Indian Artforms by Smt. Bhadra. P.K.M

03.45 PM - Tea break

04.00 PM - Session 7
Appreciation possibilites in Kutiyattam by Sri. Dilip kumar, Kodungallur

04.30 PM - Concluding session
Welcome speech : Smt. Bhadra. P.K.M
Presidential address : Adv. Rajesh Thampan
Inauguration : Guru Ammannur Kuttan Chakyar
Guru Ammannur Commemoration speech : Dr. Pazhoor Damodaran
Felicitation : Sri. Dinesh Warrier
Vote of Thanks : Sri. Sivaprasad Madhava Mathrugramam