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'''Guru Mampuzha Madhava Panicker''' (1900–1973) was a traditional [[Kathakali]] dancer and instructor. He was the former principal of the [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] University of Art and Culture in [[Cheruthuruthi]] in [[Kerala State]] in [[India]]. Panicker was of the ''Kalluvazhi'' (midland) school of Kathakali. He received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1972.<ref name="SNA Awardees' List">{{cite web | url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm | title=SNA Awardees' List | publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi | date=2016 | accessdate=5 February 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm | archivedate=31 March 2016 }}</ref><br />
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He was born in [[Kottappadi]], near [[Guruvayur]], in [[Thrissur district]] in 1900. Panicker was one of the first pupils of Pattikkantodi Ramunni Menon. He became an expert in handling heroes like Arjuna, Bhima, and Daksha, and villains like Ravana, Duryodhana, and Herod. His main contribution lay in presenting Biblical stories, compressing full-length productions, and even introducing Hindi songs. He was chief artiste in several palace troupes at Punnathur, Katathanad, and Nilampur, and art centres in Kerala and beyond. He taught at Kerala Kalamandalam and the International Centre for Kathakali, New Delhi, where he also served as principal. Mampuzha Madhava Panicker died in 1973.<br />
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