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Pattikkamthodi Ravunni Menon

Of the several schools of learning prevalent in Kathakali at present Kalluvazhi school alone can claim universal recognition and prestige. Kalamandalam is the pioneering institution preserving and promoting the Kalluvazhi school of Kathakali. The late Pattikkaamthoti Ravunni Menon was its doyen. He chiselled the techniques of acting in Kathakali in tune with the text and context of the Kathakali plays. Credit for integrating vocal and instrumental music in Kathakali to its visual rhythm goes exclusively to Ravunni Menon. Menon joined Kalamandalam as the Head of the Faculty of Kathakali in 1933 at the invitation of Poet Vallathol. Ravunni Menon breathed Kathakali and became the mentor of all the outstanding artists in the field. Menon gave his inestimable services to Kalamandalam till 1943. His demise in 1948 was a heavy loss to Kalamandalam and to the art of Kathakali.

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