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{{Infobox person
| name         = Kalpathy Balakrishnan
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| birth_place  = [[kalpathy]], [[palakkad]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| years_active = 1990 - present
}}

'''Kalpathy Balakrishnan''' is an [[India]]n  [[percussionist]] who plays the [[chenda]] (a traditional [[Kerala]] drum), [[Thayambaka]], [[Panchari melam]], and [[Panchavadyam]]. He was born in the famous village called [[Kalpathy]] in the [[Palakkad district]] of [[Kerala]]. He won Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Akademi Award for the best thayambaka artist.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article350728.ece |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025135520/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article350728.ece |archive-date=2012-10-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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