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{{Short description|Indian classical dancer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kalamandalam Sindhu
| birth_name = Sindhu
| alias =
| image = Koodiyattam, Kalamandalam Sindhu.jpg
| caption = Kalamandalam Sindhu (right side) performing Koodiyattam
| birth_date = 1977
| birth_place = [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]], [[Kerala]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| parents =
| spouse =
| children =
| occupation = [[Koodiyattam]]-[[Nangiar koothu]] dancer
| known for =
| awards = [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]]
}}
'''Kalamandalam Sindhu''' (born 1977) is an Indian [[Koodiyattam]]-[[Nangiar koothu]] artist from [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-06-01 |title=Art of theatre |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/art-of-theatre/article3480520.ece |access-date=2023-07-03 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> An [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations|ICCR]] empaneled artiste, she is the recipient of [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-17 |title=കേരള സംഗീത നാടക അക്കാദമി: ഫെലോഷിപ്പ്, അവാര്‍ഡ്, ഗുരുപൂജാ പുരസ്കാരങ്ങള്‍ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു |url=https://malayalam.news18.com/news/kerala/kerala-sangeetha-nataka-academy-awards-for-2019-ss-288177.html |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=News18 Malayalam |language=ml}}</ref>

==Biography==
Sindhu was born in [[Thrissur district]] as the daughter of Mukundan Nair and Parukutty Amma. She joined [[Kerala Kalamandalam|Kalamandalam]] in 1992 at the age of fifteen and got training under [[Kalamandalam Rama Chakyar|Kalamandalam Ramachakyar]], Kalamandalam Sivan Namboothiri, [[Kalamandalam Girija]] and Kalamandalam Shailaja. Sindhu obtained a scholarship from the [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]] and trained for two years under [[Usha Nangiar|Usha Nangyar]]. She has also played the lead role in the play Punarjani of Niriksha theater, [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview - Kalamandalam Sindhu {{!}} സിന്ധു ചോദിക്കുന്നു "കൂടിയാട്ടത്തെ ശ്രദ്ധിക്കാത്തതെന്തേ?" |url=https://malayalam.webdunia.com/article/dance-drama-in-malayalam/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A7%E0%B5%81-%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81-%E2%80%9C%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%86-%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%87-%E2%80%9D-111012200023_1.htm |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=malayalam.webdunia.com |language=ml}}</ref>

After working at Kalamandalam for a year, she then worked at the [[Painkulam]] Ramu Chakyar Memorial Kalapeeth for a year. Later she worked at the [[Mani Madhava Chakyar]] Memorial Gurukulam.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-02-27 |title=In Ravana's garden |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/nangiarkoothu-by-kalamandalam-sindhu/article26386383.ece |access-date=2023-07-03 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Sindhu has performed Koodiyattam-Nangyarkuth in France, Germany, Holland, Russia, Siberia, Japan and Singapore and has also performed in Russia on the invitation of [[UNESCO]]. In 2020, she won the for [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]] for Nangiyarkoothu. She has also won the Bhagavatar Kunjunnithampuran Award, Thiruvananthapuram Swaralaya Award, Thrissur Doctor T. I Radhakrishnan Foundation Award and Sri Ramakrishna Ashramam Award.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-04 |title=മാർഗി സതിയുടെസ്വപ്നത്തിലേക്ക് ചുവടുവച്ച് കലാമണ്ഡലം സിന്ധു; മാർഗി സതി രചിച്ച ശ്രീരാമചരിതം നങ്യാരമ്മ കൂത്ത് സമ്പൂർണ അവതരണം, നാളെ കഥ സീതാ ജനനം {{!}} Janachinda Daily |url=https://janachinda.in/kalamandalam-sindhu-sreeramacharitham-samboornavatharanam/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904051603/https://janachinda.in/kalamandalam-sindhu-sreeramacharitham-samboornavatharanam/ |archive-date=4 September 2021 }}</ref>

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[[Category:20th-century Indian dancers]]
[[Category:Malayali people]]
[[Category:Indian dance teachers]]

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