A tree is known by the fruit it bears. ‘ Sadanam’ can claim the rare honour and proud privilege of having produced some of the most renowned and top ranking Kathakali artists of Kerala, among whom the names of Sadanam Krishnankutty, Sadanam Ramankutty, Sadanam Balakrishnan (recipient of National Award for Kathakali 2003), Sadanam Vasudevan, Sadanam Sreedharan, Cherpulassery Sivan, Mattannur Sankarankutty, Sadanam Narayanan Namboodiri (Narippatta), Sadanam Harikumar and Sadanam Divakaran (Pariyanampatta) are most outstanding.

Behind the Achievements  

Sadanam has the avowed goal of having exemplarily renowned and talented gurus as the heads of its different faculties. A look at the resume of the dignitaries who chaired the different faculties at different points of time will prove the above statement. 

Padmasree Guru Kunchu Kurup,

Padmasree Mani Madhava Chakkair,

Sri Thekkinkattil Ramunni Nair,

Padmasree Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair 

Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair,(recipient of Kalidas Award)

Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair, and

Kottakkal Krishnankutty Nair, etc., are the most outstanding among them.

Kalamandalam Neelakandan Nambeesan, Krishnankutty Poduval  Appukutty Poduval, Unnikrishna Kurup, Prof. Chandran Mannadiar and Kadathanat Govindan Nambeesan are among the many other renowned artistes who served the institution at various points of time.

International Tours

Sadanam has conducted a number of international tours. It has represented India in Soviet Union and other European nations for dance festivals and received laurels and praises wherever it performed. These programs have attracted international students eager to learn this classical dance form, to Sadanam.

Kathakali Sadanam in Europe

Quote from Maison des Cultures du Monde, Paris dated March 12^th 1998 says

"From the 26^th February to the 4^th March 1997 the Kathakali Sadanam troupe directed by Mr. K. Kumaran gave 7 exceptional and very successful performances in Paris in the Theater of the Institute for world cultures. These performances opened the “Festival de I Imaginaire programme".

"The Kathakali Sadanam played the execution of Dussassana, and extract of the Mahabharata epic. The audience were delighted and the authors had an overwhelming success. Everybody was eager to understand and learn more about this wonderful art, enacted by its masters. At the end of every performance a long standing ovation saluted the performers. After Paris, the artistes went to Geneva where they also had the great success." 

Last Kathakali Tour -To South East Asian Countries

From 22nd January 2002 to 15th February 2002 Kathakali Sadanam conducted a very successfull tour, sponsored by ICCR, of the South-East Asian Countries like Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Philippines, Malaysia etc.