Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
Madavoor Vasudevan Nair was a veteran Kathakali artiste. He was survived by his wife and 3 children out of whom Ganga thampi is also a dancer.
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. He taught the Kaplingadan style of Kathakali performance and was also one of the last practitioners of the south Kerala style school of the classical dance-drama. He died on 6 February 2018, aged 88.
