Nishagandhi Kathakali Mela 2026

Date: 13 - 20 Feb 2026;
Time: 05.30 pm; Venue: Nishagandhi Auditorium, Kanakakunnu Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Entry - Free.

Kathakali performances :

13 Feb (Friday) - 
05.30 pm: Kathakali 'Lavanasuravadham' (story).

Actors (Character) - 
Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan (Mannan), Kalamandalam Prasanth (Mannathi), Kalamandalam Mukundan (Seetha), Kalamandalam Sreeraman (Kusan), Kalamandalam Arun Raju (Lavan), Mannoorkkavu Abhijith Prasanth (Sathrukhnan), Kalamandalam Sooryanarayanan (Hanuman).

Song - 
Vocal - Kalamandalam Sajeevan , Kalamandalam Rajesh.
Chenda (percussion)- KalamandalamSreevin, Kalamandalam Akash.
Maddalam (percussion) - Margi Raveendran, Kalamandalam Rahul.

Chutti - Margi Raveendra Pillai, Margi Sreekumar.
Chamayam - Koyilakode Venugopal, Panmana Arun, Margi Jobi, Saju Arjuna.
Kaliyogam - Margi.

14 Feb (Saturday) - 
05.30 pm: Kathakali 'Ravanodbhavam' (story)
Actors (Character)-
Kalamandalam Parthasarathy (Malyavan), Kalamandalam Shibi Chakravarthy (Mali), Kalamandalam Ananthu (Sumali), Kalanilayam Karunakara Kurup (Naradan),Kalamandalam Sai Karthik (Indran Vibheeshanan), Margi Devika (Mahavishnu), Kottakkal Kesavan Kundalayar (Ravanan), Kalamandalam Sarath (Kumbhakarnnan).

Song - 
Vocal - Kalamandalam Jeevan , Kalamandalam Sreejith, Kalamandalam Sreekanth.
Chenda (percussion)- Kalamandalam Udayan Namboothiri, Kalamandalam Sreerag, Kalanilayam Krishnakumar.
Maddalam (percussion) - Kalamandalam Venu, Kalamandalam Ganesh.

Chutti - Margi Raveendra Pillai, Margi Sreekumar.
Chamayam - Koyilakode Venugopal, Margi Jobi, Saju Arjuna.
Kaliyogam - Margi.

15 Feb (Sunday) - 
05.30 pm: Kathakali 'Nalacharitham Moonnan Divasam' (story)
Actors (Character) - 
Dr. Kalamandalam Sudeep (Nalan), Kalamandalam ArunKumar (Karkkodakan), Kalamandalam (margi) Balasubrahmanian (Bahukan), Kalamandalam Abin Babu (Rthuparnnan), Adwaith Arjuna (Jeevalan), Saurav Arjuna (Varshneyan), Sadanam Sadanandan (Damayanthi), Sadanam Bhasi (Sudevan).

Song - 
Vocal - Kottakkal Narayanan , Meledam Narayanan Namboothiri, C. Jayadevan.
Chenda (percussion)- Kalamandalam Sai Krishna, Kalanilayam Ratheesh.
Maddalam (percussion) - Margi Rathnakaran, Margi Ganeshan.

Chutti - Kalanilayam Vishnu.
Chamayam - Koyilakode Venugopal, Sadanam Saju, Margi Jobi, Saju Arjuna.
Kaliyogam - Margi.

16 Feb (Monday) - 
05.30 pm: Kathakali 'Bakavadham' (story)
Actors (Character) -
Prof. Kalamandalam Balasubrahmanian (Bheeman), Margi Sukumaran (Vyasan), Dhanya Harikumar (Lalitha), Kalamandalam Vishnumon (Khadolkachan), Kalabharathi Harikumar (Brahmanan), Kalamandalam Vishakh (Kunthi ), Kalamandalam Neeraj (Bheeman 2), Sadanam Vishnuprasad (Bakan).

Song - 
Vocal - Kalamandalam Viswas , Kalamandalam Vineesh, Sreedevan Cherumuttam.
Chenda (percussion)- Kalamandalam Krishnadas, Kalanilayam Krishnakumar.
Maddalam (percussion) - Kalamandalam Hariharan, Kalamandalam Ananthu Sankar.

Chutti - Margi Sreekumar, Kalanilayam Vishnu.
Chamayam - Koyilakode Venugopal, Aranmula Omanakuttan, Margi Jobi, Saju Arjuna.
Kaliyogam - Margi.

17 Feb (Tuesday) - 
05.30 pm: Kathakali 'Karnnasapadham' (story)
Actors (Character) -
Kalamandalam Athul (Duryodhanan), Yadhukrishnan (Bhanumathi), Peesapilly Rajeevan (Karnnan), Kalamandalam Harimihan (Dussasanan), Kalamandalam Shanmukhan (Kunthi).

Song - 
Vocal - Pathiyoou Sankarankutty, Kalamandalam Hareesh Nambothiri, Kalamandalam Vasudevan.
Chenda (percussion)- Kalamandalam Venumohan, Kalamandalam Sainath.
Maddalam (percussion) - Kalanilayam Manoj, Kalamandalam Nithin Raj.

Chutti - Chingoli Purushothaman, Kalanilayam Vishnu.
Chamayam - Koyilakode Venugopal, Aranmula Omanakuttan, Margi Jobi, Saju Arjuna.
Kaliyogam - Margi.

18 Feb (Wednesday) - 
05.30 pm: Kathakali 'Duryodhanavadham' (story)
Actors (Character) -
Prof. Kalamandalam Krishnakumar (Duryodhanan), Kalamandalam Balakrishnan (Dussasanan), Arjun Subrahmanian (Dharmaputhrar), Margi Vijayakuamar (Panjali), Kalamandalam Jyothish (Kuttibheeman, Mumukshu), Kalamandalam Kuutikrishnan (Duryodhanan 2), Kalamandalam Harisankar (Sakuni), Kalamandalam Adithyan (Sreekrishnan), Kalamandalam Sasindran (Raudrabheeman).

Song - 
Vocal - Kottakkal Madhu, Kalamandalam Krishnakumari, Sadanam Saikumar.
Chenda (percussion)- Kalabharathi Unnikrishnan, Kalamandalam Sreekanth Varma, Kalamandalam Ganeshan.
Maddalam (percussion) - Kalamandalam RajNarayanan, Kalanilayam Rakesh, Kalamandalam Sudheesh.

Chutti - Kalamandalam Amal, Kalanilayam Vishnu.
Chamayam - Koyilakode Venugopal, Oyur Sarath, Margi Jobi, RaveendraKurup.
Kaliyogam - Kalabhodhini, Aanad.

19 Feb (Thursday) - 
05.30 pm: Kathakali 'Dakhayagam' (story)
Actors (Character) -
Kalamandalam Ravikumar (Dakshan 1), Kalamandalam Aromal (Vedavalli, Poojabrahmanan), Chambakkara Vijayakumar (Sathi), Kalamandalam Sooryakiran (Vridhabrahmanan, Poojabrahmanan), Kalamandalam Vaishak (Sivan), Kottakkal Harikumar (Dakshan 2), Margi sandeep (Indran, Bhoothaganam), Margi Rajasekharan (Nandikeswaran, Bhoothaganam), Kalamandalam Akhil (Veerabhadran), Kalamandalam Harikrishnan (Bhadrakali).

Song - 
Vocal - Kalamandalam Babu Namboothiri, Kalamandalam Jayaprakash, Kalanilayam Vishnu.
Chenda (percussion)-  Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan, Margi Venugopalan,  Kalamandalam Nithin Krishna.
Maddalam (percussion) - Biju Attupuram, Kalamandalam Roopesh.

Chutti - Kalamandalam Vaishakh, Kalanilayam Vishnu.
Chamayam - Koyilakode Venugopal, Chathannoor Ranjith, Margi Jobi, RaveendraKurup.
Kaliyogam - Kalabhodhini, Aanad.

20 Feb (Friday) - 
05.30 pm: Kathakali 'Thoranayudham' (story)
Actors (Character) -
Kalamandalam Pradeep (Hanuman), Kalamandalam Ashiq (Lankalakshmi, Prahasthan), Kalamandalam Midhun (Lankasree, Kinkaran), Margi KailasaNath (Kinkaran),Kalamandalam Arun (Seetha), Kalanilayam Vinod (Ravanan),Kalamandalam Sooryakiran (Mandodari)

Song - 
Vocal - Kalamandalam Surendran, Kalamandalam Karthik, Kalamandalam Bharadhwaj.
Chenda (percussion)-  Kuroor Vasudevan Namboothiri, Kalamandalam Ravisankar, Kalamandalam Ganeshan,
Maddalam (percussion) - Margi Rathnakaran, Kalamandalam NithinRaj, Kalamandalam Renjith.

Chutti - Margi RaveendranPillai, Margi Sreekumar.
Chamayam - Koyilakode Venugopal, Sadanam Saju, Margi Jobi, Margi Saju.
Kaliyogam - Margi.