Late Kalamandalam Haridasan was born on 1952. His father is K.R.Sankaran and mother is Madhaviamma.

He learned Kathakali from the age of nine under Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair and Kudamaloor Kunchu Pilla for 5 years. After that he joined Kerala Kalamandalam in 1966 and passed Diploma of 6 years and Post Diploma of 2 years under Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair, Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair, Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair, Kalamandalam Gopi, and Sadanam Krishnan Kutty. His primary education is upto SSLC. His expertise is in "Sthree" characters like Damayanthi, Panchali, Lalitha and Kunthi and "Pacha", "Kathi" and "Vellathadi" characters. He was working as Teacher in R.L.V. Music College in Fine Arts Department. Has performed Kathakali all around India and in many countries like America, Hongkong etc.