{"id":"efd21b84-a0d5-4263-a5b3-a59579e77943","type":"group","slug":"kerala-kalamandalam","title":"Kerala Kalamandalam","summary":"Institution founded in 1930 by poet Vallathol Narayana Menon to revive Kathakali, Koodiyattam, and Mohiniyattam from near-extinction.","body":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"text":"Founded 1930 by Vallathol Narayana Menon with Manakkulam Mukundaraja, under the patronage of Kakkad Karanavappad. First housed at Madappattil, Kunnamkulam; relocated in 1936 to its present site on the banks of the Bharathapuzha river in Cheruthuruthy, Thrissur district.","type":"text"}]}],"media":[],"revision":1,"updatedAt":"2026-08-23T18:08:31.208Z","url":"https://folkroom.org/groups/kerala-kalamandalam"}