PUPPETS OF THOLPAVAKOOTHU

Tholpavakoothu puppets

Sadananda pulavar...

Krishna pulavar

Palappuram  tholpavakoothu puppets

Puppets of tholpavakoothu

All the historians who searched the history of tholpavakoothu said that Kuthanur is the birth place of tholpavakoothu.The oldest groups OF THOLPAVAKOOTHU are Kuthanur group ,Mathur group and PALAPPURAM Group....Here is the photos of some puppets of Palappuram group.

vishnu temple

Temples of Palappuram

Palappuram

Palappuram is a small village near Ottapalam town.In this village there are many ancient temples.This is also a oldest center of Tholpavakoothu.

Tholpavakoothu

All the historians who searched the traditional art tholpavakoothu  said that the birth place of the art form is Kuthanur village. It is believed the Kuthanur sangam is the oldest group of tholpavakoothu.

Annamalapulavar

Annamala pulavar ...a great tholppavakoothu artist son of famous tholpavakoothu presepter Palappuraam Krishna pulavar born in 1914 and died on 2010