Soon Kalabhavan also branched out from its core expertise in music, to dancing, acting, and painting classes. ![]() Kalabhavan enjoyed the patronage of Syro-Malabar Church’s head Cardinal Parecattil and Malayalam’s most celebrated singer KJ Yesudas in those critical years. Now Kalabhavan has two four-storeyed buildings and one three-storeyed building. Against struggles of various kinds, Kalabhavan grew, and grew so fast that it required a new four-storey building by the fifth year. In 1969, the very next year, Kalabhavan came into existence as the formal, organized avataar of Christian Arts Club. Abel started in 1968 as Christian Arts Club in a small room in Kochi’s Broadway, with one harmonium, two fiddles, and three kids is today not only a towering presence in Kerala’s art landscape, but a significant presence in countries like Qatar, Dubai, & Oman, and now coming to more countries like Singapore. ![]() ![]() A Legend is Born - The house of fine arts since 1969
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