A performance centre rather than a training school: a seven-man team staging one-hour Kalaripayattu shows in a kuzhi kalari for Thekkady visitors.
This is the entry to know about if you are in Thekkady for the wildlife and want to see Kalaripayattu performed: a team of seven northern-style practitioners staging one-hour shows booked through the tourist resorts, with Kathakali also performed. It no longer takes outside students, so treat it as a place to watch rather than train.
Seven decades of training and treatment at Puthiyara, with board and lodging on site and a dedicated women's Kalaripayattu team.
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.
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.
