page_title: Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
hierarchical_section_title: Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
caption_attribution_description: English: Madavoor Vasudevan Nair is a veteran and legendary Kathakali artiste and the recipient of the prestigious Padma Bhushan award from the government of India.
context_page_description: Madavoor Vasudevan Nair was a veteran Kathakali artiste. He was survived by his wife and 3 children out of whom Ganga thampi is also a dancer.
  He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. He taught the Kaplingadan style of Kathakali performance and was also one of the last practitioners of the south Kerala style school of the classical dance-drama. He died on 6 February 2018, aged 88.
context_section_description: Madavoor Vasudevan Nair (7 April 1929 alattukavu, vallikeezhu, kollam, (Kerala) – 6 February 2018) was a veteran Kathakali artiste. He was survived by his wife and 3 children out of whom Ganga thampi is also a dancer.
  He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. He taught the Kaplingadan style of Kathakali performance and was also one of the last practitioners of the south Kerala style (Kaplingadan) school of the classical dance-drama. He died on 6 February 2018, aged 88.
caption: Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
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