Kerala's capital is the stronghold of the southern system, and the one city where a visitor can compare traditions properly: CVN East Fort teaches the northern line it brought south in 1956, while Agasthyam and ISMA carry southern family lineages, Madhava Matam runs its CVN branch at Pappanamcode, and Deva Vidya works the Siddha-marma tradition near Kovalam. Trivandrum airport has the best international connections in the state, and several schools here run morning performances or fixed visiting hours, which makes a scouting day easy to arrange.
The Thiruvananthapuram institution, training in a kuzhi kalari since 1956, with ICCR-recognised courses and daily morning performances visitors can watch.
A fifth-generation southern-style school at Nemom under Dr. S. Mahesh Gurukkal, running everything from daily traditional training to structured fitness and mindfulness programmes.
Southern-style training and Kalari Chikitsa on a single ashram campus founded by Guru Balachandran Nair, with an Ayurvedic healing centre and a Hanuman temple on the grounds.
Training and traditional treatment together at Pappanamcode since 1974, now under Dr. Gowthaman Gurukkal, with morning classes and evening slots arranged for foreigners.
A Siddha-marma lineage centre near Kovalam with government accreditation for Siddha medicine, short self-defence courses, and online teaching that has reached students in 23 countries.
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