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]
Kalamandalam Bindhulekha | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bindhulekha 18 October 1978 (age 46) |
| Occupation(s) | Mural painter ,Dancer |
| Years active | 2001 until the present |
Early life and background
editKalamandalam 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.[citation needed]
Art career
editHer 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.[citation needed] 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
edit- ^ "Breaking into another male bastion". The Hindu. 9 October 2004. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ "A Dancer's Tryst With Colours". The New Indian Express. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ "The mural of the story". Deccan Chronicle. 22 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ "Mural artist to display her paintings". The Hindu. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2014.