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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --><br />
| name = Kalamandalam Sankara Warrier<br />
| image = Kalamandalam Sankara Warrier.jpg<br />
| birth_date = Maruthinakathe Sankara Warrier<br />
|birth_place ={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|06|01}}<br />
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist<br />
| origin = [[Thillenkery]], [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| instrument = [[Maddalam]]<br />
| genre = [[Kathakali]]<br />
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'''Kalamandalam Sankara Warrier''' is an acclaimed [[India]]n percussionist of the [[Kerala]] ethnic drum called [[maddalam]], and has specialised in its playing for the dance-drama of [[Kathakali]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Sankara Warrier was born on 1 June 1952, at Thillenkery, a small village in [[Kannur]] district of the [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]] region, to late Krishna Warrier and Madhavi Warrasiar. Currently he lives with his wife Valsala S Warrier in Eloor near [[Kochi, India|Kochi]] where he worked for 18 years as a maddalam teacher in [[Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore|FACT]] Kathakali School. The couple has two sons, Arun Deva Warrier and Kiran Deva Warrier. Arun is also a young maestro in [[maddalam]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Sankara Warrier joined [[Kalamandalam]] at the age of 15 and was trained in maddalam under masters like [[Kalamandalam Appukutty Poduval]] and Kalamandalam Narayanan Nambeesan. After his four-year course. Warrier joined Kalamandalam as first grade maddalam teacher. In 1981, FACT (Fertilizers and Chemicals of Travancore Ltd) invited Warrier to join its Kathakali school as a maddalam teacher. Warrier worked in FACT Kathakali School for 18 years along with late masters such as Vaikom Karunakaran Nair, Kalamandalam Kesavan ([[chenda]]), [[Kalamandalam Sankaran Embranthiri]] and [[Kalamandalam Hyderali]] (Kathakali music). He retired in 2005. He has also gained name as a maddalam percussionist in the classical ensemble called [[Panchavadyam]].<br />
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==Literature in Maddalam==<br />
Sankara Warrier has written a pioneering book titled "Maddalam Enna Mangalavadyam", published in 2003 with the help of his alma mater.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Maddalam]]<br />
* [[Kathakali]]<br />
* [[Kalamandalam Appukutty Poduval]]<br />
* [[Maddalam and Chenda Keli]]<br />
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* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2006/10/13/stories/2006101300820200.htm]<br />
* [http://www.narthaki.com/info/profiles/profil59.html]<br />
* [http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2633018.ece]<br />
* [https://archive.is/20130128220230/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/online/malayalam/news/story/1406368/2012-01-22/kerala]<br />
* [http://www.janmabhumidaily.com/jnb/?p=56051]<br />
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