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Thol pavakoothu

Tholpavakoothu at Chinakkathur temple.

Chinakkathur temple is famous goddess temple of Kerala state.The annual festival of this temple is  one of the most beautiful temple festival of Kerala.The celebration of the festival is start with  Tholpavakoothu a traditional art form.Tholpavakoothu is performing in more than 80 temples  connection with the temple festivals.But this art form is performing with  trational  status in only below than ten temples,,,One of them is Chinakkathur.Sadananda pulavar son of famous tholpavakoothu artist Sree.Annamalapulavar is the leader of the performing team.











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Puppets

Tholpavakoothu



Tholpavakoothu is a traditional shadow puppet play of Kerala based on Kambaramayana a famous epic poem written by Kambar.All of the historians who searched the history of this art said that Kuthanur a small village near Kuzhalmannam is the birth place of this art form.THEoldest group of this art Kuthanur sangam...then other groups were formed in Mathur,Palappuram,and nadumannam.
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Thattin mel Koothu

Thattinmel koothu

Chinakkathur temple

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Thattin melkoothu

Thattinmel koothu...

Thattinmelkoothu is a traditional festival art of Palakkad district of Kerala state.
 
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Puppet Ravana

Ravana the king of Lanka was a great devotee of lord Shiva.He was also a best singer and a great warrior ..

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chinakkathur pooram Horse play.


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Sadananda Pulavar

Tholpava koothu artist