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.
Agasthyam teaches the Thekkan sampradayam under Dr. S. Mahesh, a fifth-generation practitioner, with a stated lineage of over 126 years. Beyond the traditional syllabus it runs named programmes for specific needs: daily practice, general fitness, gentle work for seniors, mindfulness for professionals, and Silambam.
It operates five additional centres in Trivandrum, teaches online internationally, and is the operating partner of an IKS research centre for Kalaripayattu run with Trinity College of Engineering. Students compete at state and national level, including Khelo India.
Visits can be arranged any day between seven in the morning and seven in the evening, with performances and a guided kalari walk offered.
The Thiruvananthapuram institution, training in a kuzhi kalari since 1956, with ICCR-recognised courses and daily morning performances visitors can watch.
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.
