Musiri Subramania Iyer stressed more on music than on rhythm wrote V. S. Namboothiripad, Kerala’s first music critic in 1954. Musiri Subramania Iyer, the famous Karnatic…
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Winner of the much-coveted A D Boland Gold medal in Kalamandalam, John is the ambassador of Kathakali
Female-centric dance forms could have deeper connections to the female goddess worship and Tantric philosophies that flourished in Kerala in the medieval period.
Even while sticking to tradition, Balamuralikrishna’s virtuosity in improvisations was unconventional.
How MLV smashed male supremacy in Carnatic music during her time and became part of the female trinity.
Kerala’s first music critic V. S. Namboothiripad featured violinist Prof. T. N. Krishnan when the maestro was emerging as a dashing young performer. This article was written in the year 1954
The Lasya and Tandava traditions are deeply intertwined with the legends of Siva and Parvathi and the occult knowledge of the Tantra tradition.
Kavalam Narayana Panicker, a guru nonpareil, strode like a Colossus over the cultural arena of the country for around five decades.
Shiva matters only when it exists in union with Bhairavi. She appears as Mohini, an enchantress, in front of the meditating Bhairava
With her melodious voice, Parassala B. Ponnammal rewrote the 300-year rule that prevented women inside the Navarathri Mandapam.