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Veteran Kathakali artiste honoured

CHERPULASSERY (PALAKKAD): Veteran Kathakali artiste and the former Principal of the Kerala Kalamandalam Vazhayenkada Vijayan was honoured with a Veerasringala on his 70th birthday at Karalmanna, near here, on Thursday.

Veteran Kathakali actor Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair presented the Veerasringala. A citation was presented by Madavoor Vasudevan, another Kathakali artiste.

During the two-day celebrations, seminars and various cultural programmes, including Kathakali and Chakkyarkoothu, were held.

A ‘friendship meeting' organised on the occasion was inaugurated by Thayambaka maestro Mattannur Sankarankutty.

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