Guru Parampara: Our Lineage
In the Thekkan Kalari tradition, knowledge passes from guru to shishya, hand to hand, generation to generation. The techniques and healing methods taught at Sree Rudra Kalari come down through an unbroken line of masters.
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Joseph Aasan (late)
Joseph Aasan came from Neyyattinkara, in the southern tip of Thiruvananthapuram district near Kanyakumari, the heartland of the southern tradition. He is the earliest known master in our line.
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Mohandas Gurukkal (late)
Mohandas Gurukkal of Kozhikode learned under Joseph Aasan and carried the southern style to northern Kerala.
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Kalidas Gurukkal
Kalidas Gurukkal, originally from Kozhikode and a disciple of Mohandas Gurukkal, now runs Navabharatha Kalari Sangham at Thoppumpady, Kochi.
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Mohan Kumar Gurukkal
Mohan Kumar Gurukkal, originally from Thiruvananthapuram and a disciple of Kalidas Gurukkal, now runs Agastya Bharatha Kalari Sangham at Kerala Kalalayam, Tripunithura.
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Mahesh Gurukkal
Present Gurukkal, Sree Rudra Kalari
Mahesh Gurukkal began his kalari training at the age of sixteen under Mohan Kumar Gurukkal, and has devoted more than three decades to the practice of Thekkan Kalari and Siddha Varma/Marma healing. In 2013 he founded Sree Rudra Kalari at Tripunithura, where he teaches students from age seven upward and treats patients using the methods handed down through his lineage.