Krishnankutty Pulavar Memorial Tolpavakoothu& Puppet Centre

Krishnankutty Pulavar Memorial Tolpavakoothu& Puppet Centre

Krishnan kutty pulavar memorial Tholpavakoothu & puppet centre is formed after the death of great guru shri: K.L.Krishnan kutty pulavar before its death it is known has Tholpavakoothu & puppet centre. During the period of guru Krishna kutty pulavar troupe is well known in the field of puppetry in kerala, now also keeping the traditional style of narrations keeping in the field of puppetry, during the 1979 troupe is visited aboard India with this performance

Aims & Objectives

Promote puppetry in the tradional style

To encourage the new generations to puppetry

Keep the Tholpavakoothu in the traditional style in the temple premises

Help & support to the artist

Conduct puppetry festivals, workshop, and seminars in kerala

 Conducting camps Exhibitions on puppetry

Creating new stories through puppetry

 

Puppets on Sale or at Special Discounts

We always have puppets on sale or available at special prices. Although our prices are always low…Flexible & attractive –types  of shadows puppets.

Beautiful Puppets

Traditional Craving

Traditional coloring

Leather Products( Key-chains, Ornaments, Lampshades, Decorative items)

 Vanisree Natan Kala Kendram

Our organization is named Vanisree Natan Kala Kendram based on vaniyamKulam Grama Panchayat (Palakkad district) for the promotion of the fourteen traditional arts forms. It is consisting 150 artist mainly in Tolpavakoothu .I am the secretary of the organization .and our family is traditionally performing Tolpavakoothu from the 9^th century. my father is late guru   K.L. Krishnan kutty Pulavar   had promoted this art form and he is bring out  this art form from the temple to  the national and international stages ,and also  he had received award from SNA 1980,and handicraft  1985.and I  got  award on 2008 from  south India Madras craft foundation-Chennai. Our organization is getting more exhibitions national and international. Handicrafts is giving more  promoting exhibitions all over India ,but not TA,DA,and Accomadatdion.I know about NABARD is they are promoting the art form .I have a exhibition to Allahabad on December 15 to 25 and 2 person is necessary for that exhibition. Please sanction TA, DA for the exhibition. 

 

 OUR ART FORMS ARE GIVEN BELOW:-

THOLPAVAKOOTHU      

PORATTU NADAKAM

THUKILUNARTHU PATTU

AYYAPAN PATTU

THIRA-POOTHAN         

VATTA MODI

PARICHA MUTTU KALI          

PAVA KATHAKALI

THIRUVATHIRA KALI           

 FOLK SONGS

MURAL PAINTING

PAINTINGS

CHAVITTU NADAKAM           

UDUKKU PATTU

 

 

Ramachandra pulavar

 K.K. RAMACHANDRA PULAVAR

 

K.K.Ramachandra pulavar was born on 25-05-1960 to late Guru Shri: K.L.Krishnan kutty pulavar and Gomathy ammal. He was born into a traditional family with a rich historical background, he was studied Tholpavakoothu by his great guru/father from the age of six. He soon achieves all the aspects of Tholpavakoothu within the period of childhood. While he was going with his father he follows the tradional style pf puppet performance even now also. He follow the 8^th generation from the followers of guru were endowed the talented skills in this artform Chinathambi pulavar, Ela pulavar, Appanna pulavar, Lakshmana pulavar, Krishnan kutty pulavar. Guru Krishnan kutty pulavar took this artform from the temple primes to outside. It can easily grow up in kerala and all around the world of puppetry. Ramachandra pulavar are also engaged in this artform with hi new contributions and his own great effort to promote this artform in kerala ,ever year from the month of December to June he was performed in 40 temples in 7,14,21,41,71 days and also he performed 500 staged every years out the temple primes in  kerala –India ,and abroad.

Further Training, Achievements & Recognitions

o   Trained 10 persons on behalf of Delhi handicrafts in 1995 in leather puppet craft

o   Trained 40 school-teachers in CCRT New Delhi for about 10years regularly

o   Conduct demonstration in many schools in kerala

o   Participated every year pragathi maiden national handicraft museum, New Delhi from 1980 to 1995 

o   Certificate from Kamala Devi Chattopadaya  (founder of handicraft)

o   Certificate from Sangeet Natak academy New –Delhi

o   Certificate from National folklore Support centre –Chennai

o   Certificate from Kerala lalitha kala academy

o   Certificate from Madras craft foundation

o   Certificate from foreign countries

o   Certificate from Indira Gandhi Rashteriya Manava sangralaya Bhopal

o    Participated in the international film festivals in kerala

o    Balakandam & Aryuanakandam in English translation

o    Publishes a book “shadow puppet in kerala” by NFSC -2008

o   “Tholpavakoothu”published by kerala Basha institute

o   Creating a new storied about Social awareness, panchathantra stories, Mahatma Gandhi,

Camps

• Conduct a exhibitions in lalitha kala academy “Koothumadam” exhibitions of puppets in 2010
• Participate Dravidian exhibitions in kerala lalitha kala academy 2005
• Nataya Darsana puppet theatre workshop in Kozhikode 2006
• Exhibitions of puppets in Bhopal
• Akhyan puppet exhibition in IGNCA 2010

Achievements

• Life time achievement and Excellence award from madras craft foundation “Dashina chithra Virdhu”
• Kerala Folklore Academy Award 2012
• Utharadm Thirunal His Haniz Marthanda Varma Puraskaram 2012
• Ambedhakar Purasekaram 2012
• Umma Maheshar Temple Puraskar 2011
• Junior & senior fellowship  holder from ministry of culture Govt of India
• Scholarship from department from culture
• Awards from foreign countries for performance

Performances

*Annual performances in about 45 temples during the temple festivals seasons from December to June

*A temple   performance will stretch over 7, 14,21,41,71 days according to the temple tradition

*Various stage performance during a year (500 stages)

Puppet making

*Making and coloring of about 300 puppets per year

Countries visited

Russia, swiden, Ireland, Germany, Greece, Singapore, japan, holand, Poland Israel, Thailand


KALASREE RAMACHANDRA PULAVAR
THOLPAVAKOOTHU
KOONATHARA
SHORANUR
PALAKKAD
KERALA-679523
9846534998, 9539636134
WEB: www.tholpavakoothu.in
email: tholpavakoothu@gmail.com