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| PK Narayanan Nambiar, the renowned Sanskrit scholar and performer of Koodiyattam, Patakam and mizhavu, is the only mizhavu maestro in the country to be honoured with a Padma Shri. He is the eldest son of Koodiyattam Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar |
| Kathakali actor Ramankutty Nair stopped donning the role of Parasurama after the demise of Krishnankutty Poduwal. |
| Kalamandalam Devaki was the first woman to present Thullal in a foreign country. She performed in Paris at the invitation of Milena Salvini. |