The Kozhikode CVN, founded by K. Narayanan Gurukkal, known for film choreography from Thacholi Othenan to Bajirao Mastani and for its in-patient treatment ashram.
Training is customised to the student, whether the aim is health, flexibility or self-defence, with short-term courses alongside long-term study. Special sessions for foreign students are an established part of the programme, and several former students have opened kalaris in their home countries.
The kalari's action choreography credits run from Malayalam cinema of the 1960s through Bollywood and international productions, and its performance team spends months each year touring abroad.
Marma chikitsa and the full range of thirummu massage protocols are practised here, with oils and medicines prepared at the kalari. The attached Ayush Ayurveda Ashram takes in-patients for long-term treatment with vegetarian meals provided.
Seven decades of training and treatment at Puthiyara, with board and lodging on site and a dedicated women's Kalaripayattu team.
A kuzhi kalari at East Hill with resident and day students, and a steady stream of theatre artists from France, Italy and Canada on three-to-six-month stays.
The unusual case of a southern-style kalari in the north, under S. K. Rajesh Gurukkal, with a treatment practice Kozhikode knows it for.
