Devodaatham- The 60th birthday celebrations of Kathakali Artiste Kottakkal Devadasan - at Thrissur

Devodaatham- The 60^th birthday celebrations of Kathakali Artiste Kottakkal Devadasan

Date: 26 Sept 2026

Venue: Asan Kottakkal Chandrasekhara Varrier Vedi,

Sreebhadram auditorium, Near Toll Plaza, Paliakkara, Thrissur, Keralam

The schedule

09.00am- Lighting the lamp. Followed by inaugural session and the ceremony of honouring Gurus 

10.00am- Sangeetha Samanwayam- a musical fusion program of Kathakali- Carnatic and Sopanasangeetham musical 

Artistes: Vocalists: Kalamandalam Babu Nambuthiri, Kalamandalam Vinod (Kathakali music), Kottakkal Ranjith Varrier (Carnatic), Ambalappuzha Vijayakumar, Ambalappuzha Sreekumar (Sopana Sangeetham)

Supporting artistes: Vayala Rajendran (Violin), Sajin Lal Edappal (Mridangam), Kalamandalam Venu Mohan (Chenda), Kalamandalam Hariharan (Madhalam), Kalamandalam Ravisankar (Edaykka).

12,00noon- Seminar- Characters of Kottakkal Devadasan.

Lunch break

02.00pm- Suhruth Sangamam- a friendly meet of Kathakali artistes, organizers and art connoisseurs.

03.00pm- Mohiniyattam

Presented by Bhadra Rajeev. 

Supporting artistes: Kalasree Kalamandalam C Gopalakrishnan (Nattuvangam), Kalamandalam Krishnakumar (Vocal), Kalamandalam Kiran Gopinath (Mridangam), Thrissur Murali Krishnan (Veena), Irinjalakkuda P Nandakumar (Edaykka). 

04.00pm- Adarana Sammelanam- Ceremonial meeting to honour Kottakkal Devadasan.

06.00pm- ‘Stage on Fire’- screening of the documentary film about artiste Kottakkal Devadasan, 

directed by Sarath A Haridasan.

08.00pm- onwards full night performance of Kathakali.

Purappadu

Artists: Kottakkal Janadathan (as Sreekrishnan) and Kottakkal Navaneeth (Balaraman).

Play 1: Nalacharitham Naalam Divasam

Actors: Kottakkal Raju Mohan (as Damayanthi), Kottakkal C M Unnikrishnan (Keshini) and Dr. Sadanam Krishnankutty (Bahukan),

Play 2: Subhadraharanam (Scenes of Bhalabhadrar and SReekrishnan)

Actors: Kalamandalam SReekumar (as Balabhadrar) and Kottakkal Sudheer (Sreekrishnan).

Play 3: Lavanasuravadham (Rajakan & Rajaka Sthree)

Actors: Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan (Rajakan) and Kalamandalam Chambakkara Vijayakumar (Rajaka sthree(.

Play 4: Duryodhanavadham (from “paripaahi….” onwards)

Actors: Kottakkal Harikumar (as Sreekrishnan), Kottakkal Pradeep (Panchali), Kottakkal Muralidharan (Duryodhanan), Kottakkal Janadathan, Navaneeth (Sabhavasikal), Kottakkal Sriyesh (Mumukshu), Kottakkal Athul Raj (Dhrutharashtrar), Kottakkal Hareeswaran (Dussasanan) and Kottakkal A Unnikrishnan (Roudrabheeman).

For more info: 

Manojkumar Kakkanad – 9746099660; Sudeep Pisharadi- 9744433323