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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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Sadananda Pulavar

Tholpava koothu artist