Kalamandalam Bindhulekha
Born
Bindhulekha

18 October 1978 (1978-10-18) (age 45)
Occupation(s)Mural painter ,Dancer
Years active2001 until the present

Kalamandalam Bindhulekha is a mural painter and Mohiniyattam, Bharathanatyam dancer from Kerala state, India.[1] She is the first woman mural painter in temple drawing from Kerala state.[2]

Early life and background

Kalamandalam Bindhulekha is a diploma holder in Mohiniyattam and Bharathanatyam and has graduated from Kerala Kalamandalam. She took up mural painting, after having been attracted by the work of her brother-in-law, Sadanandan, a disciple of Mammiyur Krishnan Kutty Nair[3] and was trained in the genre for six years.

Art career

Her debut work in Tiroor Vadakurumbakaavu temple in Thrissur is considered the first mural painting to be done in a Kerala temple by a woman artist. It took two years to complete the mural painting which consisted of three forms of Devi - Saraswati (in shades of white), Bhadrakali (in shades of dark blue) and Mahalakshmi (in shades of red). The painting was based on the theme "Rajas tamas satva".[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Breaking into another male bastion". The Hindu. 9 October 2004. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "A Dancer's Tryst With Colours". The New Indian Express. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "The mural of the story". Deccan Chronicle. 22 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Mural artist to display her paintings". The Hindu. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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