Kottarakkara Ganga
Kottarakkara
Ganga was born on
Oct 15, 1952 in Kottarakkara, Kollam District. Her father is C.Subrahmaniam
and mother is Parvathi Ammal. Had passed Bsc Chemistry in 1974. She is
learning Kathakali from 1982.
She
practised Kathakali under many famous teachers namely Mayyanad Kesavan
Namboothiri, Nelliyod Vasudevan Namboothiri and Kalamandalam Ramachandran
Unnithan.
Has
performed Kathakali in many stages of important temples like Thrikkakara,
Guruvayoor, Ambalapuzha, etc. Has acted as 'Bakan' in 'Bakavadham' story
in the programme "Kathakali Samaroham" in Asianet and participated in 'Ramayanam'
story in Dooradarsan. She had passed the screen test of Dooradarsan. Acted
as 'Veerabhadran' for the commercial advertisement for Tourism Department.
Her expertise is in "Chuvanna Thadi", "Kari" and "Katalan" characters.
She
was awarded by Sree Sarada Educational Society, Thiruvananthapuram as 'the
women expertised in Thadi characters and the award was given by Uthradam
Thirunal Marthanda Varma Maharaja.
Family:
Husband Mr. Soorya Narayanan, is an employee in the Syndicate Bank, and one son Prathap and one daughter Sooryachithra.
| Contact
Details: |
Kottarakkara
Ganga,
Udayagiri,
Near Mahaganapathi Temple,
Kottarakkara,
Kollam District 691506
Kerala,
INDIA. |
| Telephone: |
(91)
0474 456129 |
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