Thonnakkal Peethambaran

Tonnakkal Peethambaran is a Kathakali exponent from Kerala, India. He has been honored with several noted awards including the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award 2003, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2011 and Kerala State Kathakali Award 2014.

Biography Peethambaran was born on 2 December 1939, at Vilayil house in Thonnakkal, Chirayinkeezhu taluk in present-day Thiruvananthapuram District to ayurvedic physician P. Ramakrishnan Vaidyan and G. Thankamma. Pirappankode Kunjan Pillai was his first Guru. After studying for a while under Oyur Kochugovinda Pillai, he joined Tripunithura RLV college. He directed and performed in Veluthampi Dalava aattakatha written by K. N. Gopala Pillai. Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award 2003 Kerala state kathakali award 2014 Chennithala Chellappan Pillai Award 2012