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Name
  
Kalamandalam Leelamma


Role
  
Dancer

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Awards
  
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Dance - Mohiniattam

Similar
  
Vimala Menon, Kalamandalam Radhika, Kalamandalam Satyabhama

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Kalamandalam Leelamma (?–15 June 2017) was a leading Mohiniyattom dancer from Kerala, India.

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A book with all relevant details and growth of Mohiniyattam is at her credit which was a cherished ambition of Keralites with special details on "Adavus". She worked as Campus Director (Nila Campus) in Kerala Kalamandalam, Deemed University for Art and Culture, the pioneer institution for classical dances in the world, after her retirement from the same university as the Head of the Department Dances.

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She was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for her contribution to Mohiniyattom.

She died on 15 June 2017.

References

Kalamandalam Leelamma Wikipedia