Kathakali is the classical dance-drama of Kerala, South India, which dates from the 17th century and is rooted in Hindu mythology. Kathakali has a unique combination of literature, music, painting, acting and dance. In the following pages we have placed photographs and videos of Kathakali performances and songs by famous Kathakali singers. For playing the video and audio you may need to install Real Player or Real Alternative. You can check the audio by listening to the Vandana Slokam (the first song at the starting of Kathakali performance) by clicking the PLAY button below: Vandana Slokam by Palanad Divakaran & Kottakkal Madhu We have an entertainment site with Kathakali songs, Kathakali screen saver and wall paper, and lot of audio entertainment. Audio Entertainment with Kathakali Songs, Kathakali Videos.. Pictures of leading Kathakali artists in great performances are placed in the site. Some of them are very rare photographs of old Kathakali legents. Pictures of Kathakali Performances Small video clippings of Kathakali are available at the site. The videos compressed in Real format, are slightly low in quality. Video Clippings of Kathakali More details about Kathakali like Costumes, Make-up, Music, Dance, Major Kathakali Centres etc. are at About Kathakali And a rare collection of Navarasas (facial expressions of nine different moods) by renowned Kathakali actor Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair Navarasam by Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair Kathakali follows "Hasthalakshana Deepika", the book of hand gestures, for Mudras (hand gestures). Mudras in Kathakali Essential Props, Rituals, Characters and their attire, Cholliyattam, Ilakiyattam etc Props, Rituals and Customs of Kathakali Discussion Forum for Kathakali related discussions and postings. Interesting informations, news items, upcoming events, book or media releases, interesting Kathakali stories or experiences etc. can be posted here and photos can be uploaded for others to view. Need to join the forum site for posting informations or photos. Visitors can read postings without joining. Kathakali Discussion Forum

As listed below, we are building a database of Kathakali artists. One webpage will be made free for each artist and linked in this page along with below list of artists. If you are a Kathakali artist or if you wish to recommend any artist, you can send the following materials to our email ID . Valid submissions will be scrutinized, edited and placed in the site within 3 weeks. A passport photo (JPG format, maximum 200 Kb) A performance photo (JPG format, maximum 400 Kb) Three or four paragraphs of summarized text (electronic form, typed as plain text email or attached as txt or doc file) about artist's life and achievements in the field. The text shoud be as abridged as possible, 3-4 good paragraphs of most important things about the artist, in summary form, not listed form. Contact details like postal adress, phone, fax and email ID. Above materials to be sent to our email ID