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{{short description|Indian Koodiyattam dancer}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}}
'''Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar''' (also spelled as '''Kalamandalam Ramanchakyar''') is a [[Koodiyattam]] artist from [[Kerala]], [[India]].

==Biography==
He was born in 1950, to Koyppa Chakyar Madam Kavutty Illodamma and Ammannoor Parameswara Chakyar at [[Painkulam]] village in [[Thrissur district]].<ref name="Mathrubhumi">{{cite news |title=കലാമണ്ഡലം രാമ ചാക്യാര്‍ |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/special/mbifl2019/speakers/kalamandalam-rama-chakyar-mbifl2019-1.3474972 |work=Mathrubhumi |language=ml |access-date=2021-12-24 |archive-date=2021-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224075012/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/special/mbifl2019/speakers/kalamandalam-rama-chakyar-mbifl2019-1.3474972 |url-status=live }}</ref> His father was a great scholar of "Kramadeepika" and "Attaprakaram".<ref name="Kerala Tourism">{{cite web |title=Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar, Enchanting Kerala, Newsletter, Kerala Tourism |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/kerala-article/2011/kalamandalam-rama-chakyar/106 |website=Kerala Tourism |publisher=Department of Tourism, Kerala Government |language=en |access-date=2021-12-24 |archive-date=2022-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121072100/https://www.keralatourism.org/kerala-article/2011/kalamandalam-rama-chakyar/106 |url-status=live }}</ref> At the age of twelve, he started learning Koodiyattam from his maternal grand uncle [[Ramanchakyar|Painkulam Rama Chakyar]].<ref name="Kerala Tourism"/> When his uncle joined in [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] in 1965,<ref name="Kerala Tourism"/> he continued learning Koodiayattam in Kerala Kalamandalam, and later he became Chairman of the Koodiyattam department of the Kerala Kalamandalam.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> He is currently a visiting professor at Kerala Kalamandalam.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/>

==Awards and honours==
* 2013: Kerala Government's Nrithanatya Award.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2019/speakers/kalamandalam-rama-chakyar-1.3474963 |work=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2021-12-24 |archive-date=2021-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224075011/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2019/speakers/kalamandalam-rama-chakyar-1.3474963 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 2008: [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Three artistes from Chennai win Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi awards {{!}} Chennai News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/three-artistes-from-chennai-win-kerala-sangeetha-nataka-akademi-awards/articleshow/4449631.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=2021-12-24 |archive-date=2021-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224075011/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/three-artistes-from-chennai-win-kerala-sangeetha-nataka-akademi-awards/articleshow/4449631.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
* A group of Koodiyattam artists are making a detailed documentary film based on Guru Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gopalakrishnan |first1=K. k |title=Documentary to set the record straight on Kutiyattam |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/setting-the-record-straight-on-kutiyattam/article23835995.ece |work=The Hindu |date=10 May 2018 |language=en-IN |access-date=24 December 2021 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224075010/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/setting-the-record-straight-on-kutiyattam/article23835995.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwrRC1BI5Xc Performing Arts: In conversation with Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar]

[[Category:Koodiyattam dancers]]
[[Category:People from Thrissur district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]]

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DarleneSeamon8 at 04:26, 12 January 2026