Kottackkal Kanaran Gurukkal

Kottackkal Kanaran Gurukkal (1850–1941), was a Kalaripayattu gurukkal, who contributed to the revival or Kalarippayattu from after British rule. The Kanaran Gurukkal were born in a Chekavar[1] Tharavad, a large Landlord near Vadakara, Kozhikode.[2][3] He belongs to a Thiyya caste.[2]

Kalaripayattu, a martial art from Kerala, was banned by the British in the aftermath of the Cotiote War, and as a result, the Kalaris and institutions that existed far and wide in Kerala declined.[2] His contributions to the preservation of Kalaripayattu has earned him the moniker, "Dronacharya of Kalaripayattu."[4] Kanaran Gurukal was an important person among the Kalaripayattu gurus who played an early role in the revival of the martial art of Kalaripayattu which was destroyed by the British rule. Despite being a big land owner, at the age of forty he sold 160 acres of land to pay for the Kalari institution and so on. He learned Sambrathayams, Mantra Tantravidya and Dhyana Seva from the Gurus of yesteryear, Arapillakai, Otimurassery, Vattayanthiruppan, Pillatangi.[4][2]

Later, after studying the gurus' training, he came to Thiruvangat in Thalassery at the age of 65 and established his own Kalari for the first time.[2] It can be said that this bravery of the Kanaran gurus was at a time when people did not come forward for this, even though it was very difficult. Then CVN Kalari's founder C. V. Narayanan was a disciple of Nair Kanaran Gurus[4]

CVN Relationship with Kalari

In Malabar, CVN later took the lead in bringing Kalaripayattu to the people from inside Kalari. It was through Kalari. [1] C.V.N. CV Narayanan Nair, the founder of CVN Kalaris, was an important disciple of the Kanaran Gurus at Kottayam, as if we trace the roots of the Kalari Gurus in the medieval period to the Kanaran Gurus. Kanaran Gurus who started learning only at the age of 40 were the numbered Kalari practitioners after the time of Thacholi Othenan, Narayanan Gurus who were the main disciples of the Gurus and Chirakkal T. Sreedharan Nair who was a contemporary. CVN Narayanan Nair studied Abhyasamurahs from Kanaran Gurus and later it can be pointed out the main role of Kanaran Gurus in the establishment and development of Kalari. Kanaran Gurus disclosed their entire knowledge to C.V.[5]

References
  1. Singh, Shanta Serbjeet (August 23, 2000). Indian Dance: The Ultimate Metaphor. Ravi Kumar. p. 243. ISBN 9781878529657 – via Google Books.
  2. Charsley, Simon; Kadekar, Laxmi N. (November 29, 2020). Performers and Their Arts: Folk, Popular and Classical Genres in a Changing India. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000084184 – via Google Books.
  3. Research, Indian Council of Agricultural; Randhawa, Mohindar Singh; Nath, Prem (August 23, 1959). "Farmers of India,: Madras, Andhra Pradesh, Mysore & Kerala, by M. S. Randhawa and others" – via Google Books.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2022-08-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Kerala District Gazetteers: suppl.] Kozhikode supplement". Superintendent of Government Presses. August 23, 1962 – via Google Books.
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