What is Madavoor Vasudevan Nair?
[[File:PadmaBhushan-Madavoor-Vasudevan-Nair.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Nair in January 2011]] '''Madavoor Vasudevan Nair''' (7 April 1929<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.keralatourism.org/kerala-article/madavoor-vasudevan-nair/97 | title=Madavoor Vasudevan Nair, Enchanting Kerala, Newsletter, Kerala Tourism }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.veethi.com/india-people/madavoor_vasudevan_nair-profile-6319-42.htm|title=Madavoor Vasudevan Nair|website=veethi.com}}</ref> – 6 February 2018) was a veteran Indian [[Kathakali]] dancer. He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] by the [[Government of India]]. He also taught the [[Kaplingadan]] style of Kathakali performance and was one of the last practitioners of the south [[Kerala]] style ([[Kaplingadan]]) school of the classical dance-drama. He died on 6 February 2018, aged 88.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberkerala.com/kathakali/artists/madavoor.htm|title=Kathakali Artists - Madavoor Vasudevan Nair|website=www.cyberkerala.com}}</ref> Nair died of [[multiple organ failure]] on 6 February 2018 in [[New Delhi]], India at the age of 88. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nair, Madavoor Vasudevan}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from multiple organ failure]] [[Category:Indian dancers]] {{bio-stub}}