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| Born | Madavoor Vasudevan Nair |
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| Parent(s) | Rama Kurup (father) KalyanikuttyAmma (mother)[2] |
Madavoor Vasudevan Nair (7 April 1929 Alattukavu, Vallikeezhu, Kollam, (Kerala)[1][2] – 6 February 2018) was a veteranKathakali artiste.
He was awarded thePadma Bhushan by theGovernment of India in 2011. He taught theKaplingadan style of Kathakali performance and was also one of the last practitioners of the southKerala style (Kaplingadan) school of the classical dance-drama. He died during a stage performance at Agasthyakode Mahadeva Temple in Anchal, Kollam district, on 6 February 2018, aged 88.[3]
