Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar


Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar is a Koodiyattam artist from Kerala, India.

Biography

He was born in 1950, to Koyppa Chakyar Madam Kavutty Illodamma and Ammannoor Parameswara Chakyar at Painkulam village in Thrissur district. His father was a great scholar of "Kramadeepika" and "Attaprakaram". At the age of twelve, he started learning Koodiyattam from his maternal grand uncle Painkulam Rama Chakyar. When his uncle joined in Kerala Kalamandalam in 1965, he continued learning Koodiayattam in Kerala Kalamandalam, and later he became Chairman of the Koodiyattam department of the Kerala Kalamandalam. He is currently a visiting professor at Kerala Kalamandalam.

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