C.V.N Kalari Gopalan Gurukkal Smaraka / Kozhikode

Popular Name: C.V.N. Kalari East Hill
Master: V.M.Vijayan Gurukkal
Address: Gopalan Gurukkal Road, East Hill, Calicut, 673005, Kerala, India
Tel +91 495-2381766 Mobile: +91 98462 48108
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Vijayan Gurukkal is starting Puja for Puttara

The founder of this Kalari is Gopalan Gurukkal who is one of the founding members of the C.V.N.Kalari Movement that has become the driving force of the Kalari Renaissance.

L: C.V.N.Nair Gurukkal, R: Gopalan Gurukkal

He learned Kalaripayattu under both C.V.Narayanan Nair, Kottakal Kanaran Gurukkal. As one of their beloved disciple, he gathered fame and established this Kalari here in Calicut 1943.

Meypayattu shows outstanding flexibility

Practice takes place within very close distance almost touching the shoulders

After Gopalan Gurukkal passed away, his son, Vijayan Gurukkal took over the Kalari and maintained it. Now his son(grandson of Gopalan Gurukkal) Vikas is mainly teaching Kalaripayattu practice, and Vijayan Gurukkal is concentrating on Kalari treatment.
The whole family is a passionate believer in Sai Baba, also teaching students in Puttaparthi and White Field.

Elephant Posture

Lion Posture

Cat & Rooster Posture

Irithi & Wild Boar Posture

The Kalari is a family run of Vijayan Gurukkal, his wife Kanchana, the successor son Vikas and younger sister Kavitha. Most of the stay can be very relaxing like a homestay. It was disappointing that Kavitha, who was the most proficient in English, served as a good mentor to foreign guests, but got married in April 2007 and left home.
However, I've heard that she often comes home and helps her father's treatment work.

L: Kettukali Long Stick, R: Gadha

L: Sword & Shield, R: Otta Curved Stick

Very speedy demo of Short Stick Mucchan

Kettukali Long Stick Fight

The disciples coming here also have an unpretentious nature both adult and youth, and both Gurukkals are trusted as a Kalari physician by the people surrounding.
The author also stayed for more than one month in the research travel 2005 and 2007, learned Kalaripayattu under Vijayan Gurukkal. These photos and videos posted here are the fruits of the cooperation by everyone in the Kalari.

All the kids are pure and cute

The guest room is added to the main house where the Gurukkal family lives on the first floor, and the Kalari is on the ground floor underneath. In recent years, they have built a separate guesthouse too.
The Kalari is located in a quiet residential area a little away from the center of Calicut city. It takes about 20 minutes by auto both from the bus stand and train station. If you get familiar with it, you can take the city bus that runs frequently and cheap.

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