A young Mohiniyattam dancer chooses to portray an occult character
Kalyani Menon Harikrishnan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement During the incipient stages of its revival in Kerala Kalamandalam in the 1930s, Mohiniyattam anchored mainly on padams of Swati Tirunal, the maharaja who was instrumental in the resurgence of the dance form. While most of the padams had vipralambha sringaram as their leitmotif, Mohiniyattam began to…