Mavelikkara Krishnankutty Nair (11 October 1920 – 13 January 1988) was a Carnatic Mridangam player. He received his training from Alleppey Venkappan Pillai and Veechur Krishna Iyer. He considered

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as his 'Manasa Guru'. He received the

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from the

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and was also the recipient of the Kerala Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Krishnankutty Nair was also an artiste for

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