- List of Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees for kathakali
Since 1956, the
Sangeet Natak Akademi has an award forKathakali (Malayalam:കഥകളി ), a form ofIndia ndance -drama .;1956 : Guru Thakazhi Kunju kurup;1958 : Thottam Chandu Panicker;1961 : Thekkinkattil Ramunni Nair ;1963 : Guru Chengannur Raman Pillai;1965 :
Guru Gopinath ;1967 :Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair ;1968 : Kurichi Kunhan Panicker ;1969 : Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair ;1970 : Mankulam Vishnu Namboodiri ;1965 : Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair ;1972 : Guru M.Madhava Panicker ;1973 : Vellinezhi Nanu Nair ;1973 : Kavungal Chathunni panicker ;1974 : Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair ;1975 : Kavungal Sankarankutty Panicker ;1983 : Champakkulam Pachu Pillai ;1985 : Mankombu Sivasankara Pillai ;1986 : Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Poduval (Chenda);1987 :Kalamandalam Gopi ;1988 :Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair ;1989 : Oyoor Kochu Govinda Pillai ;1991 : Chennithala Chellappan Pillai ;1993 : Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair ;1996 : Kottakkal Krishnankutty Nair ;1997 : Madavur Vasudevan Nair ;1998 : Kottakkal Sivaraman ;1999 : Nelliyodu Vasudevan Namboodiri ;2003 : Sadanam Balakrishnan ;2004 : Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody ;2005 : Mathoor Govindan kutty ;2006 : Kottakkal Chandrasekharan, Kalamandalam Gangadharan (music)References
[http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_dance_kathakali.html Official web site of the Akademi]
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