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Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar (also spelled as Kalamandalam Ramanchakyar) is a Koodiyattam artist from Kerala, India.
He was born in 1950, to Koyppa Chakyar Madam Kavutty Illodamma and Ammannoor Parameswara Chakyar at Painkulam village in Thrissur district.[1] His father was a great scholar of "Kramadeepika" and "Attaprakaram".[2] At the age of twelve, he started learning Koodiyattam from his maternal grand uncle Painkulam Rama Chakyar.[2] When his uncle joined in Kerala Kalamandalam in 1965,[2] he continued learning Koodiayattam in Kerala Kalamandalam, and later he became Chairman of the Koodiyattam department of the Kerala Kalamandalam.[1] He is currently a visiting professor at Kerala Kalamandalam.[1]
- 2013: Kerala Government's Nrithanatya Award.[3]
- 2008: Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award[4]
- A group of Koodiyattam artists are making a detailed documentary film based on Guru Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar.[5]
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