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'''Kerala Lalithakala Academy for [[Fine Arts]]''' is an autonomous body which was established in 1962 to promote art and artistic heritage, based at [[Thrissur]] in [[Kerala]]. Nemom Pushparaj is the newly appointed chairman of Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi.<ref name="Lalitha Kala Akademy info">{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/Cast-in-myth/article15401915.ece | title= Cast in myth | date=10 August 2008 | newspaper=The Hindu | first=K | last=Pradeep | access-date=29 October 2018 }}</ref>
[[File:Kerala Lalithakala Academi Durbar Hall Ground.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Durbar Hall]] Arts Centre in [[Kochi]]]]
Though the [[Government of Kerala]] provides funding and support for the academy, the administration of the academy is designed to be autonomous by its constitution. The academy recognizes superior art works every year through its awards. The aim of the Academy is to promote the culture, painting, plastic and visual arts.

==See also==
* [[Arts of Kerala]]
* [[Lalit Kala Akademi]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Kerala Lalithakala Akademi}}
#[http://openart.in/ OpenArt India] - Confederation of Indian Artists, Fine Arts and Crafts.
{{Culture of Kerala}}
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[[Category:Arts of Kerala]]
[[Category:Arts organisations based in India]]
[[Category:Lalit Kala Akademi]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Thrissur]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in Kerala]]


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