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A '''kalari''' is a gymnasium or training space primarily associated with the martial art of [[Kalaripayattu]]. The word ''kalari'' comes from [[Malayalam]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. In the past, village schools in [[Kerala]], typically run by the traditional astrologer families, were known by the name ''kalari'' or [[Ezhuthu Kalari]].<ref name=" A.Ayyappan Page26">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mbkiAAAAMAAJ |last=Ayyappan | first=A | title=Social revolution in a Kerala village: a study in culture change |pages=26–27 |publisher=Asia publication house |location=New Delhi |year=1965}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Bulletin of Madras Government Museum: New series, general section, Volume 5, Issue 1 |publisher=Director of Stationary and Printing (1929) |page=28}}</ref><br />
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==Kalari teachers==<br />
The teacher of a kalari is called a [[Gurukkal (kalaripayattu)|Gurukkal]] or [[Aasaan|Asan]]. Teachers of [[Ezhuthu Kalari]] or Ezhuthu Palli<ref name="Anupama Mohan Page142">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=y_h6vX0i7rsC |first=Anupama | last=Mohan | title=Utopia and the Village in South Asian Literatures |pages=142|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan. |location=[[New Delhi]] |year=2012}}</ref> were referred to as [[Aasaan|Asan]] or ''Ezhuthassan''.<ref>L. Krishna Anantha Krishna Iyer (Diwan Bahadur); The Cochin tribes and castes; 1909</ref><ref>https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Hendrik_Adriaan_Van_Reed_Tot_Drakestein/rIZHDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=silgos(chegos)+usually+serve+to+teach+nayros&pg=RA1-PA8&printsec=frontcover</ref><ref>https://archive.org/stream/LettersFromMalabar/Letters+from+Malabar_djvu.txt</ref><br />
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==Construction of a kalari==<br />
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Traditionally, the kalari is constructed by digging a hollow in the ground, forming a sunken area four feet in depth, forty-two feet in length and twenty-one feet in breadth. This is usually called ''kuzhikalari''. Kuzhi means "portions formed by caving in the earth" in [[Malayalam]]. The entrance to the Kalari is in the east, to let in the morning sunlight, and leads into the 42-foot leg running east–west while the 21-foot leg runs north–south. Another consideration taken when constructing the kalari is that it is built in the south-west side of the main plot. The floor of the kalari is leveled using mud. In southern and central [[Kerala]], some kalaris were constructed in a circular form, with weapons and other instruments being placed on one end, and students sitting outside the circular arc to watch the training.{{cn|date=December 2020}}<br />
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==''Ankakalari'' and ''ankathattu''==<br />
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[[Ankathattu]] is a 4 to 6 foot high platform constructed temporarily for the purpose of fighting duels. ''[[Ankam]]'' means war in Malayalam. This platform is constructed as per tradition and is in the center of the ground from where people can watch the fight. The entire arrangement is called a''nkakalar''. Historically, in [[Kerala]], quarrels between local rulers were resolved by fixing an ''ankam'', a duel to the death, between two ''ankachekavar''s, each ruler being represented by one ''ankachekavar''. The ruler represented by the surviving ''ankachekavar'' was considered the winner.{{fact|date=January 2021}}<br />
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