Perungattur P. Rajagopal
Co-founderFounder of Kattaikkuttu Sangam
Perungattur P. Rajagopal is the co-founder of Kattaikkuttu Sangam (1990)[1], an Indian non-profit working on arts & culture and education from Kanchipuram.
Kattaikkuttu Sangam
Founded in 1990 by actor-playwright Perungattur P. Rajagopal with seventeen rural actors and musicians, the Kattaikkuttu Sangam promotes the Tamil theatre form Kattaikkuttu. From its Kuttu Kalai Kudam performing arts centre at Punjarasantankal village near Kanchipuram it ran a residential gurukulam for rural children for 18 years and continues training, festivals and performances.
Kattaikkuttu Sangam reports the following, on its own site:
- During its 18 years in existence this unique residential theater school trained, educated and cared for more than 750 students.
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Kanchipuram
- Founded
- 1990
- Press
- 3
References
- [1] “Founded in 1990 by actor, director and playwright Perungattur P. Rajagopal, together with theater scholar Dr. Hanne M. de Bruin and 15 actors and musicians, the Kattaikkuttu Sangam is a not-for-profit initiative that aims to uphold the prestige and quality of” — Kattaikkuttu Sangam. Source
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