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{{Short description|Indian Kathakali exponent}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tonnakkal Peethambaran
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1939|12|02}}
| birth_place = Thonnakkal, [[Travancore]], [[British India]]
| occupation = Kathakali exponent
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| spouse =
| parents = P. Ramakrishnan Vaidyan, G. Thankamma
| children =
| awards = [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], Kerala state kathakali award, [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi]] award
}}
'''Tonnakkal Peethambaran''' is a [[Kathakali]] exponent from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He has been honored with several noted awards including the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]] 2003, [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] 2011 and Kerala State Kathakali Award 2014.

==Biography==
Peethambaran was born on 2 December 1939, at Vilayil house in Thonnakkal, [[Chirayinkeezhu taluk]] in present-day [[Thiruvananthapuram District]] to ayurvedic physician P. Ramakrishnan Vaidyan and G. Thankamma.<ref name="kathakali">{{cite web |title=തോന്നയ്ക്കൽ പീതാംബരൻ {{!}} കഥകളി.ഇൻഫൊ {{!}} Kathakali.info {{!}} കളിയറിവുകളുടെ തിരമൊഴി {{!}} The internet Kathakali hangout |url=https://kathakali.info/ml/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%BB |website=kathakali.info |access-date=2022-01-17 |archive-date=2022-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118184450/https://kathakali.info/ml/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%BB |url-status=live }}</ref> Pirappankode Kunjan Pillai was his first Guru. After studying for a while under Oyur Kochugovinda Pillai, he joined [[RLV College of Music and Fine Arts|Tripunithura RLV college]].<ref name="kathakali"/> His achievements as a Kathakali actor are due to the sincere discipline of [[Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair]].<ref name="kathakali"/>

An expert in both ''Pacha'' and ''Kathi'' roles in kathakali, his ''Kathi'' roles as [[Duryodhana]], [[Kichaka]] and [[Ravana]] characters in the stories of ''Duryodhana Vadham'', ''Uttarasvayamvaram'' and ''Nizhal kuthu'' are famous.<ref name="kathakali"/> He has performed in many stages in India and also in foreign countries like [[Italy]], [[Rome]], [[France]], [[England]], [[Iran]] and [[Spain]] and has participated in the [[Edinburgh Festival]].<ref name="Kerala Tourism">{{cite web |title=Thonnakkal Peethambaran - Kathakali Maestro |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/kerala-article/2014/thonnakkal-peethambaran/529 |website=Kerala Tourism |publisher=Department of Tourism, [[Government of Kerala]] |language=en |access-date=2022-01-17 |archive-date=2022-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182701/https://www.keralatourism.org/kerala-article/2014/thonnakkal-peethambaran/529 |url-status=live }}</ref> He directed and performed in ''Veluthampi Dalava'' [[Aattakatha (performance)|aattakatha]] written by K. N. Gopala Pillai.<ref name="Kerala Tourism"/> Peethambaran also served as the Founder Secretary of Kollam Kathakali Club and President of the All Kerala Kathakali Club.<ref name="Kerala Tourism"/>

He lives in his house ''Nishidam'' at [[Kottiyam]], [[Kollam district]].<ref name="kathakali"/>

==Awards and honours==
*[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] 2011<ref>{{cite news |title=കലാമണ്ഡലം ഗോപിക്ക് അക്കാദമി ഫെലോഷിപ് {{!}} Madhyamam |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/news/139847/111216?infinitescroll=1 |work=www.madhyamam.com |date=17 December 2011 |language=ml |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118201522/https://www.madhyamam.com/news/139847/111216?infinitescroll=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]] 2003<ref>{{cite web |title=Kathakali, Awards, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/kathakali-a-ksna/468 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2022-01-17 |archive-date=2022-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182613/http://www.keralaculture.org/kathakali-a-ksna/468 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Kerala state kathakali award 2014<ref name="Kerala Tourism"/>
*First Kathakali Shresthacharya Award<ref>{{cite news |last1=ഡെസ്ക് |first1=വെബ് |title=മടവൂര്‍ വാസുദേവൻ നായർ അനുസ്മരണം {{!}} Madhyamam |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/local-news/pathanamthitta/%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%81/591131?amp |work=www.madhyamam.com |date=8 February 2019 |language=ml |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182350/https://www.madhyamam.com/local-news/pathanamthitta/%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%81/591131?amp |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Chennithala Chellappan Pillai Award 2012<ref name="kathakali"/>

==References==
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{{Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Winners of Kerala}}

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[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
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[[Category:Indian male dancers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]]

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