Born on November 4, 1937, at Shoranur as the daughter of Venat Ammini Amma and Krishnan Nair, Satyabhama had inherited a taste for dance and music from her mother, an outstanding Kaikottikali artiste.

The true identity of Mohiniyattam prior to its resurrection at Kerala Kalamandalam by its founder, poet-laureate Vallathol Narayana Menon, has been a topic of endless debates and discussions, most of ...

THRISSUR:The demise of Mohiniyattam matriarch Kalamandalam Satyabhama has elicited a uniform reaction from across the art world: ‘the art form has lost one of its most brilliant exponents and a very ...