Tirur Nambissan

He was born as Narayanan Nambissan at Tirur in the Malappuram district of Kerala in southern India.

Ending his school education, the eighth-form student started the journey to the world of Kathakali music under the guidance of Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan, Sivaraman Nair, Kavungal Madhava Panikkar.

From the second year of the course itself, each one of four-member team was able and confident enough to control a Kathakali stage including the major set.

it was his stand that, the peculiar style (called as sopanasamgeetham) of music composition is sufficient and apt for the Kathakali.

He used manodharmas to empower the bhavas of characters, standing inside the real frame of Kathakali.

[citation needed] He worked as a music teacher in PreurGandhiSevasadan, international Kathakali centre New Delhi, Bombay, Unnayivariyer Smaraka Kalanilayam irinjalakkuda, Parassini Kaliyogam, peingode Kathakali promotion Society, Kerala Kalamandalam in different periods.