Day with the masters:

Day with the Masters starts with an audio-visual presentation on Kalamandalam for ten minutes. This is followed by a presentation and visit to the Koothambalam – the temple theatre (15 mins). Next on the agenda is a visit and exposition of 10-15 Kalaris (teaching classes) – Classical dances – Mohiniyattam, Bharathanatyam and Kuchipudi; Kathakali - Vesham(acting), Make-up, Vocal music, Cholliyattam; Koodiyattam.; Percussion instruments – Chenda, Maddalam, Mizhavu, Thimila and Mridangam; Karnatic classical Music, Thullal – (2 hours 15 mins)

After a brief break , the day continues with a presentation on Kerala Mural Paintings and ‘Nrittyolpathi’, the origin of Dance (10 mins). This is followed by a visit to the Costume gallery, to see costumes, head-gears, wooden-weapons, masks and jewellery (10 mins).

Day with the masters program is not complete without a visit to the old Kalamandalam Campus on the banks of Nila; Portrait-gallery and the tomb of poet laureate Vallathol Narayana Menon, founder of Kalamandalam (15 mins).

Ponnani Juma Masjid:

Evening is for a visit to famed Ponnani Juma Masjid. A 600 years old Mosque was designed by a Hindu Carpenter for a sufi saint who came from Yemen. After the unfortunate fall from top of the mosque while completing the construction, the capenter was buried inside the mosque. Its believed that only one large teak wood was used for the construction of whole building. In all entrances to the mosque one can read Quranic inscriptions engraved on it.