Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri

Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri is an Indian classical theatre performer, the first person from outside chakyar community to practice Koodiyattam,[1] from Kerala.

[6] Sivan Namboodiri is married to Indira, Sanskrit teacher at a local school and the couple has two children.

[4] The highlight of Sivan Namboodiri's career came in Paris, when he performed two acts, Kailasoddhaaranam (Ravana lifting Mount Kailasa) and Parvathiviraham (Goddess Parvathi's separation from Lord Siva), before a UNESCO jury to select art forms to be considered for inclusion in UNESCO's Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

Another first attributed to Sivan Namboodiri is that he was the first male to perform Nangyar Koothu which was the domain of nangiars, the ladies from Nambiar community.

[8] 2007 He Got Sangeet Natak academy award for Kutiyattam Invis Multimedia has brought out an almost hour-long video on the performance of Sivan Namboodiri.

Sivan Namboodiri with Koodiyattam face makeup
Koothambalam at Kerala Kalamandalam
Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar and his troupe performing Thoranayudham (part of Bhasa 's play Abhiṣeka Nataka based on the epic Ramayana ) Koodiyattam (1962, Chennai). It was the first ever Koodiyattam performance outside Kerala.