Olappamanna Mana, an old feudal Namboothiri Illam, has a glittering cultural heritage in the field of Kathakali (classical dance form), Carnatic music, melam and thayampaka (classical percussion),...

You might have seen the grotesquely beautiful faces of its artists painted green, yellow and red adorning many a tourism brochure, Kathakali however, is still a dying art form in India