Kalamandalam Bindhulekha

Kalamandalam Bindhulekha is a mural painter and Mohiniyattam, Bharathanatyam dancer from Kerala state, India.[1] She is the first woman mural painter in temple drawing from Kerala state.[2]

Kalamandalam Bindhulekha
Born
Bindhulekha

18 October 1978 (1978-10-18) (age 44)
Occupation(s)Mural painter ,Dancer
Years active2001 until the present

Early life and background

Kalamandalam Bindhulekha is a diploma holder in Mohiniyattam and Bharathanatyam and has graduated from Kerala Kalamandalam. She took up mural painting, after having been attracted by the work of her brother-in-law, Sadanandan, a disciple of Mammiyur Krishnan Kutty Nair[3] and was trained in the genre for six years.

Art career

Her debut work in Tiroor Vadakurumbakaavu temple in Thrissur is considered the first mural painting to be done in a Kerala temple by a woman artist. It took two years to complete the mural painting which consisted of three forms of Devi - Saraswati (in shades of white), Bhadrakali (in shades of dark blue) and Mahalakshmi (in shades of red). The painting was based on the theme "Rajas tamas satva".[4]

References
  1. "Breaking into another male bastion". The Hindu. 9 October 2004. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. "A Dancer's Tryst With Colours". The New Indian Express. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  3. "The mural of the story". Deccan Chronicle. 22 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  4. "Mural artist to display her paintings". The Hindu. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.