Sadanam Puthiya Veettil Balakrishnan popularly known as Sadanam Balakrishnan is an exponent of Kathakali, a form of Indian classical dance, from Kerala, India.

Puthiya Veettil Balakrishnan was born in 1944 in Taliparamba, Kannur district to A. V. Krishnan and Umayamma.

[4] After the retirement of Keezpadam Kumaran Nair in 1980, he became the Principal of Perur Gandhi Seva Sadanam.

[2] He proved his mettle in all disciplines of Kathakali including acting, choreography, direction and teaching.

One is a compilation of 14 Aattakatha texts and other is about his Guru Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair.