Kerala Kalamandalam

Thrissur – Shoranur Road, Thrissur District, Cheruthuruthi, Kerala 679531
Phone : +914884262418

Kerala Kalamandalam, deemed to be University of Art and Culture by the Government of India, is a major center for learning Indian performing arts, especially those that developed in the Southern states of India, with the special emphasis on Kerala. It is situated in the small town of Cheruthuruthy in Thrissur, Thrissur District on the banks of the Bharathapuzha river.

The inception of Kalamandalam gave a second life to three major classical dance performing arts of Kerala as Kathakali, Kudiyattam and Mohiniyattam were, by the turn of the 20th century, facing the threat of extinction under various regulations of the colonial authorities. It was at this juncture, in 1927, that Vallathol Narayana Menon and Mukunda Raja came forward and formed a society called Kerala Kalamandalam.

The first Prime Minister to visit Kerala Kalamandalam is Jawaharlal Nehru in 1955 for the Silver Jubilee of the Kerala Kalamandalam. Indira Gandhi was the second Prime Minister to visit Kerala Kalamandalam in 1980 and V. P. Singh in 1990. Manmohan Singh is the fourth Prime Minister to visit Kerala Kalamandalam in September 2012.
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Visiting Time: The tour is open on all working days from 0930 – 1300 hours. The tour services are closed on all national holidays.
Entrance Fee: A tour is specially tailor made for the visitors to educate them about Kerala’s rich and diverse culture. For foreign tourists, it costs $20 per head and for Indian tourists Rs. 1000 per head.