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Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar and his troupe performing Thoranayudham (part of

Bhasa's playAbhieka Nataka based on the epic Ramayana) Koodiyattam (1962,

Chennai). It was the first ever Koodiyattam performance outside Kerala.

Koodiyattam (Malayalam: ,

Kiya, Sanskrit: , Kiyam),

also transliterated as Kutiyattam, is a form

of Sanskrit theatre traditionally performed in

the state of Kerala, India. Performed in the

Sanskrit language in Hindu temples, it is

believed to be 2,000 years old. It is officially

recognised by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of

the Oral and Intangible Heritage of

Humanity.

Origin

Koodiyattam

Koodiyattam [kutiyattam], meaning "combined acting," signifies

Sanskrit drama presented in the traditional style in temple theatres of

Kerala. It is the only surviving specimen of the ancient Sanskrit

theatre. It has an attested history of a thousand years in Kerala, but its

origin and evolution are shrouded in mystery. Kutiyattam and chakyar

koothu were among the dramatized dance worship services in temples

of ancient India, particularly Tamilakam (modern-day Tamil Nadu and

Kerala). Both kootiyattam and chakyar koothu find several mentions in

ancient sangam literature of south and also in the epigraphs belonging

to subsequent Pallava, Chera, Chola periods in Tamil Nadu. Inscriptions related to the dramatized dance worship

services like koodiyattam and chakyar koothu are available in temples at Tanjore, Tiruvidaimaruthur, Vedaranyam,

Tiruvarur, and Omampuliyur. They were treated as an integral part of worship services alongside the singing of

tevaram and prabandam hymns. There are mentions in epigraphs those forms of dramatized dance worship services

that are called aariyam that mostly had Sanskrit scripts for plays.

Several ancient kings and members of other professions are listed to have authored several works for these services.

There is evidence of these services being done all over ancient subcontinent during time of cholas and pallavas. A

Pallava king called Rajasimha has been credited with authoring a play called kailasodharanam in Tamil that has the

topic of Ravana becoming subject to Siva's anger and being subdued mercilessly for the same. For examples a

fragmented inscription at the door step of an ancient Shiva temple (now non-existent) in Pegan in Burma finds

mention of these services.

It is believed that Kulasekhara Varman Cheraman Perumal, an ancient king of Tamil Chera dynasty, who ruled from

Mahodayapuram (modern Kodungallur), reformed Koodiyattam, introducing the local language for Vidusaka and

structuring presentation of the play to well-defined units. He himself wrote two plays, Subhadraharana and
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Tapatisamvarana and made arrangements for their presentation on stage with the help of a Brahmin friend called

Tolan. These plays are still presented on stage. Apart from these, the plays traditionally presented include

Ascaryacudamani of Saktibhadra, Kalyanasaugandhika of Nilakantha, Bhagavadajjuka of Bodhayana,Nagananda of

Harsa, and many plays ascribed to Bhasa including Abhiseka and Pratima. The Kutiyattam performance was

performed in specially designed temples called koothambalams.

The use of Buddhist themes for plays is a very controversial and moot issue and seem to be a later interpolation notexisting since ancient times for the latter not being a then-legal vedic system.

Instruments used

Mizhavu kept in mizhavana (wooden box made

especially to keep mizhavu).

Traditionally, the main musical instruments used in Koodiyattam

are mizhavu, kuzhitalam, etakka, kurumkuzhal, and sankhu.

Mizhavu, the most prominent of these, is a percussion instrument

that is played by a person of the Ambalavas Nambiar caste,

accompanied by Nangyaramma playing the kuzhithalam (a type of

cymbal).

Performance style

Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar asRavana

in Kutiyattam.

Traditionally, Koodiyattam has been performed by Chakyars (a subcaste of

Kerala Hindus) and by Nangyaramma (women of the Ambalavasi Nambiar

caste). The name Koodiyattam, meaning playing or performing together, is

thought to refer to the presence or more actors on stage who act in

consonance with the beats of the mizhavu drummers. Alternatively, it may

also be a reference to a common practice in Sanskrit drama where a single

actor who has performed solo for several nights is joined by another.[1]

The main actor is a Chakyar who performs the ritualistic Koothu and

Koodiyattam inside the temple or in the Koothambalam. Chakyar women,

Illotammas, are not allowed to participate. Instead, the female roles are playedby Nangyaramma. Koodiyattam performances are lengthy and elaborate

affairs, ranging from 12 to 150 hours spread across several nights. A complete

Koodiyattam performance consists of three parts. The first of these is the

purappadu where an actor performs a verse along with the nritta aspect of

dance. Following this is the nirvahanam where the actor, using abhinaya,

brings to the audience the mood of the main character of the play. The

nirvahanam, a retrospective, takes the audience up to the point where the

actual play begins. The final part of the performance is koodiyattam which is the play itself. While the first two parts

are solo acts, Koodiyattam can have as many characters as are required to perform on the stage.[2]

The practice was that elders of the Chakyar community taught it to their youngsters and it was an art form performed

only by Chakyars till the 1950s. In 1955 Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar performed Kutiyattam outside the temple for
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the first time.[3]

For performing the art forms outside the temples he faced many problems from the hardline Chakyar

community. In his own words:

My own people condemned my action (performing Koothu and Kutiyattam outside the precincts of the

temples), Once, after I had given performances at Vaikkom, they even thought about excommunicating me.

I desired that this art should survive the test of time. That was precisely why I ventured outside the temple.[4]

In 1962, under the leadership of Dr. V. Raghavan, noted art and Sanskrit scholar, Sanskrit Ranga of Madras, invited

Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar to perform Kutiyattam in Chennai. Thus for the first time in history Kutiyattam was

performed outside Kerala.[5][6]

They presented at Madras on three nights: Kutiyattam scenes from three plays

Abhieka,Subhadrdhanajaya andNgnda.[7]

The performance of the maestro Maani Maadhava Chakyar made great impact on the people and art critics. People

outside Kerala were able to witness his talent.[8]

Then Mani Madhava Chakyar was invited and performed

Kutiyattam at places in north India like New Delhi and Banaras (1964). It made the critic to accept his authority in

Rasa Abhinaya, Natyasastra and Kutiyattam.

After Chakyar's first tour to New Delhi, he was awarded immediately with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1964

for his "contributions to Chakyar Koothu and Kutiyattam"

the first national recognition to the maestro and the artform. His supremacy in Rasa-abhinaya and Netrabhinaya and Kutiyattam attracted lot of people towards the art

form.

Koodiyattam face makeup

He performed Kudiyattam all over India and popularized the same. He

and his troop did Koodiyattam performance in places like Madras

(1962, 1973 and 1977), Madhura (1962), New Delhi (1964, 1966,

1974, 1979 and 1983), Varanasi (1964 and 1979), Bombay (1973),

Ujjain (1982), Bhopal (1987), etc.

The President of India, scholar and philosopher, Sarvepalli

Radhakrishnan invited him to perform Kutiyattam at Rashtrapati

Bhavan (presidential palace) in 1964 and was impressed by the guru's

exceptional acting skill. His Kutiyattam performances, lectures and demonstrations at centres like Madras Music

Academy in Chennai, International Centre for Kathakali in New Delhi, Experimental theatre in New Delhi and

Bombay, and National Centre for the Performing Arts in Bombay fetched wide popularity and recognition for his

Abhinaya and Kutiyattam.

Naayika (heroine) in Kutiyattam. Female roles are done only by

women in Kutiyattam. Vasadatta in Swapnavsavadattam

Kutiyattam.

He choreographed and directed acts of the plays like

Kalidasa's Abhijnakuntala, Vikramorvaya and

Mlavikgnimitra; Bhasa's Swapnavsavadatta[9]

and

Panchartra; Harsha's Nagananda for the first time in

the history of Koodiyattam. He and his troupeperformed these Kutiyattams all over India.

[10]

He performed Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam for

All India Radio and Doordarshan for the first time,

which helped to attract thousands of listeners to these

traditional art forms. It was he who started

demonstrations in Kudiyattam to popularise the same.

In early 1960s Maria Christoffer Byrski, a Polish

student doing research in Indian theatres at Banaras

Hindu University came to study Koodiyattam from the

maestro Mani Madhava Chakyar and became the first non-Chakyar/nambiar to learn the art form. He stayed in

Guru's home at Killikkurussimangalam and studied the art form in traditional Gurukula way.
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Noted artists

Srigara Rasa-abhinaya of guru Mni

Mdhava Chkyr.

Nayaka (Hero) King Udayana in

Swapnavasavadattam Kutiyattam

Margi Madhu as Ravanan at Nepathya

In the modern world, the late Natyacharya Vidushakaratnam Padma Shree

guru Mani Madhava Chakyar masteredRasa Abhinaya with special reference

to Netrbhinaya. He has been a major force in popularizing Koodiyattam by

taking it out of the Hindu temples, performing across India with his troupe,

and teaching it to non-Chakyar caste members. He has adapted,

choreographed and directed plays such as Kalidasa's The Recognition of

Sakuntala, Vikramorvaya and Mlavikgnimitra and Bhasa's

Swapnavsadatta and Panchartra for performance in the Koodiyattam

style.[11]

The other most important exponent of Koodiyattam is Padma Bhushan

Ammannur Madhava Chakyar. In the 1980s, he became one of the first

Koodiyattam performers to present this art to an international audience. He

visited France and England in 1982, Switzerland and The Netherlands in 1987

and Japan in 1988. He presented plays such as Balivadham, Thoranayudham,Asokavanikankam, Hanumaddutam, Jatayuvadham, Surpanakhangam,

Thoranayudham and Ankuliyankam and greatly popularised Koodiyattam. He

continued his teaching practice throughout his life in Ammanoor Chachu

Chakyar Smaraka Gurukulam at Irinjalakuda in Thrissur District. Any

reference to Chakyar Koothu will not be complete without mentioning

Painkulam Raman Chakyar. He was the first instructor for Chakyar Koothu

when it was started as a course in Kalamadalam. In 1980, he was also the first

one to spread international awareness of "Chakyar Koothu" and Koodiyattam

by mentoring a few European students and facilitated by them in leading his

troupe on a European tour including Germany, France and Poland. He hadmore than 1000 stage appearances in different roles. He successfully

produced and staged the 2nd Act of Sakunthalam, 3rd Act of Nagananda and

Jadayuvadhankam in Ascharyachoodamani. He also supervised and

participated in the production of a colour documentary film on koodiyattam in

1974.

Mani Madhava Chakkiar's disciple and nephew Mani Damodara Chakyar is

also a Koodiyattam performer of traditional devotional Koodiyattams, such as

Anguliyanka, Mattavilasa, Mantranka, Ezhamanka (seventh act of

Ascharyachoodamani). Ammannur Rajaneesh Chakyar is a Koodiyattamartist from Thrissur, Kerala, India.

A dying art form

Koodiyattam has traditionally been an exclusive art form performed in special

venues called koothambalams in Hindu temples and access to these

performances were highly restricted to only caste Hindus. Also, performances

are lengthy taking up to forty days to complete. The collapse of the feudal

order in the nineteenth century in Kerala led to a curtailment in the patronage

extended to Koodiyattam artistes and they faced serious financial difficulties.
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Following a revival in the early twentieth century, Koodiyattam is once again facing a lack of funding, leading to a

severe crisis in the profession.[12]

UNESCO has called for the creation of a network of Koodiyattam institutions and

gurukalams to nurture the transmission of the art form to future generations and for the development of new

audiences besides fostering greater academic research in it. The Margi Theatre Group in Thiruvananthapuram is a

notable organisation dedicated to the revival of Kathakali and Koodiyattom in Kerala.[13]

Related literature and books

Natyakalpadruma (1975), a Kerala Sahitya Academy Award-winning book on Koodiyattam written by Guru

Mani Madhava Chakyar, considered authoritative by scholars.[14]

TheNtya Shstra, an ancient work of dramatic theory Bharata Muni describes the Sanskrit theatre of the Gupta

Empire; Koodiyattam is believed to preserve some aspects of the performance style of that period.

Abhinaya Darpana by Nandikeshvara,another work of dramatic theory comparable to theNtya Shstra.

Farley Richmond,Kutiyattam: Sanskrit Theater of India (University of Michigan Press, 2002). CD-ROM

featuring videos and text.

Rajendran C, "The Traditional Sanskrit Theatre of Kerala "(University of Calicut,1989)

Virginie Johan, Kuttu-Kutiyattam : thtres classiques du Kerala .Revue dhistoire du thtre 216, 2002-4:

365-382.

Virginie Johan, Pour un thtre des yeux : lexemple indien . Coulisses 33, 2006 : 259-274.

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