Ka

lar
iGur
ukul
am,Bangal
ore

I
tfeat uresat raditi
onal Kalaribuiltwi thmudandot her
ear thyel ement s.
Kalar iGur ukulam conduct sregul aryear -r
oundt raini
ng 22kms
clas ses,wor kshopsandhol devent sandper for
mances
aboutKal ari
payat t
u.
I
tal sopr ovidesKal ariandMar mat r
eatment sfor
orthopedi candl if
es tyl
econdi t
ions .I
tisanappr oved
cent ref orinternational schol ars
hi psthroughI CCR,
Gover nmentofI ndia.
TheGur ukulam wascons truct ed16year sago.
Thegur ukulam i nit
iall
yhadt helow l yingtrai
nings pace
fol
lowedbyt hecons tructionoft hemas ter’
soffi
ce.
Then6year sl
at ertheaccommodat i
onspacesf orthe
foreigns t
udent sandr es i
denci al studentswer ebui l
tnext
tot heex i
sti
ngt rainings paces .
Hebbal HennurBande
Kal
ari
Gur
ukul
am
Locati
on:#102,MapleMeadows ,Chikkagubbi,
Pin562120.
Chikkagubbivi
ll
ageis22kmsfarfr
om Bangalorecit
y.It Kempegowda
canbeappr oachedbybus s
estakenfrom Hennurcross BusS
tat
ion
Kal
yanaNagar
Chi
kkaGubbi
Cros
s
whichIs8kmsfrom t
hevil
lagebuss t
op.
Sit
eFeatur
es:T
hes i
tehasat ropical s
avannaclimatewithhotanddry
T
heGur
ukul
am:
m
months.Duetoit
shighelevation,itusuall
yhasamoder atecli
mate
Entr
ance:Themainent rancetot heKal
ari thr
oughouttheyear.Soil
isr
eds oilandt heareaisunderdevel
opment MassageCent er
hastwo-waywoodendoorwhi chis2ft withl
i
mitedres
idencialandindus t
rialbui
ldi
ngs. A12F tx16F tsemiopenchamber
below gr
oundlevel
.Thes pacef or completelys ecludedwi thbli
ndsis
7.
3
rel
axingandas t
ret
chingmadeupof usedforfullbodymas s
aging.The
brokenti
les
. pati
entsar emadet oli
edownon
Roughgranites
tonefi
x edt ot
hemudwal l
. thebedf acingeas tandgi ven
7 tr
eatment .Ar ea:34F tx24F t

11

7.
6

Planni
ngandDes i
gn
Thetotal
siz
eofthesit
eis67ftX52ft,
Theplotcontai
nsKalari
,St
ay,Mast
ers
offi
ceandt heMassagecent er
.

Legend
1.Master'
sof
fi
cewit
hat tatchedt
oil
et.
I
thasgr
ani
tes
tones
tepsf
ix
edt
othemudwal
l 2.Kal
ari
3.Changingroom
4.St
retchingar ea 5.St
air
case
6.I
nkeeper sr
oom 7.GuestAccomodat i
on Cons tr
uct i
on andMat er i
als
8.Dini
ngr oom 9.Rest
room TheRoof :Botht hekal ariandaccommodat ionfacil
ityhasthat chedr oof
.
10.Kal
ar iEntr
ance 11.Accomodat i
onentrance Wal l
s:Wal lsofkalar iandaccomodat i
onar emadeoutofmudwhi chwere
12.St
aircas etofi
rs
tfl
oor 13.Massagecenter dugoutdur i
ngt heex cavat i
onf orthekalari.
14.Gues troom. Mudandj agger ywer emi xedandt hewallsbuil
tupi nlayers.all
owinga
secti
ont odr ysoi tcoul dt aket hewei ghtofthewal labovei t.
Spaces Theof f
icehaswal l
smadeofr ubblemas onry.Itmaintainsaver ycool
Themaj orspacesi nthebui l
dingaretheKal ar
i,Theguestaccommodat i
on temper at uredur i
ngei therclimat e.
facil
it
yandt hemas s
agecent er. Floor
:T hegr oundoft hekal ariismadeofr eds andmi xedwi thvariousherbs
Aspert radi
tion,t
heent rancet oallt
hesespacesar efacedt owardsEas
tand whichi tselff
ormspar toft hetreat mentforsmal l
woundst hatonemay
allofthesespacesmaj or l
yuset henaturaldayli
ghti
ngandvent i
lati
onatmost encount erduringt raining.
pos s
ibl
eamount . Thefloor i
ngmudi swat eredever ydayt okeepi tcool .
Thes pacialexperi
encewi t
hinthebuildi
ngisprimari
l
yasas pectofthe Bamboohasbeenver yef fectivelyusedasamat er
ialforst
airs
,fl
oor son
j
uxtapos i
ti
onbet weent hebui l
t,semi
-buil
tandt heunbuil
tspaces.. thefir
stf l
oorandevenf orlanternsandot herobj ect
s .
Thewei ghtoft hes truct ureiscommuni catedt hr
oughbamboobeamst o
S
pacef
ors
tret
chi
ngandr
elax
ingmadeupofbr
okent
il
es Kalari sl
endergr anitepi l
larsont heper iphery.
Tr
aini
ngar eaf orkalar
ipayat
tu.
TrainingandCour ses Dimens i
ons:24Ftx36F t(
11x7.3m)
FullCour se:T het r
ainingf orthef ullcours
es tar
tsattheage Ori
entation:EastWes t
of9whi chi ncludes3s t
agesofKal aripayattu. Height:Doublehei ghtspace(5.
4m)
Stage1:Mei thari(bodypr eparat i
ve) Entr
y:East
Stage2:Kol thar i(woodenweapons )
Stage3:Ankat hari(Combatweapons ) TheStructure
Begi nnersCour se:T hi
scour setrainingper i
odvar i
esfrom 2 I
tiscoveredonal l
sidesandbui l
tbelow gr
ound
mont hsto2year s. l
evel.Ther easonsbehi nditare:
Thistrai
ningi ncl udesbodycondi t
ioningex cer
cises,basi
c 1.Kalarii
sas ecretar t
hand,l egandbodyt echiniques.thet eachingofas nas 2.Toavoi ddr i
shtif
rom outsi
ders
(pos tur
esr elatingt okal ar
iyapat tuandyoga)al soisapar t 3.I
tbecomesani s
olatedspacef rom t
hesurr
oundi
ngswhichisrequi
reddur
ing
oft hi
spr ogram. i
ntenset r
aining
4.Noisecancel l
ati
on,from vehi
vlesandothermeans
5.Thecaveds tructurekeepsthet emperat
ureandmoist
ureinthekalari
const
ant
.

StudentsPr
acti
cing
15s t
udentsperses
sion.6st
udentspers
ess
ioncanpr
acti
cewit
hweapons
.
Therestofthest
udent scanwatchwhil
ethe6pract
icewi
tht
heweapons
.

Inners
paces
1.Changi
ngroom -togetdr
ess
edbef
oreandaf
tert
rai
ningandt
oappl
yes
sent
ial
oil
s
2.SpaceforS
tret
chi
ng.

Gues tAccomodat i
on
Li
ghtingandVentil
ati
on
Therear etworoomsforgues
tswhocomef ortr
aini
ng.Theonei nt
hegr oundfl
oor
Theli
ghti
ngandvent il
ati
onaretri
edtoachievenat ur
all
y.
contains,2doublebeds,adi
ningroom,spaceforcookingandanat tached
Naturall
i
ghtingandventil
ati
onisachi
evedt hroughvari
ousopeni
ngs
bathroom assembledfr
om unpol
is
hedgranit
eslabs.T
he
andwat erbody.
otheronei si
nfi
rs
tfl
ooron
Port
ionsofthescaf
fol
dingthatareusual
l
yremovedwer eretai
ned,
at r
eet opwhichhasonlybedandas wingforr
elaxati
on.Si
ze:34Ftx24F t
.
l
argebamboos haft
srunthroughthewallt
ol etinl
i
ght.

Thes outh-
wes tcor
ner(
kannimula)hasthedi
ety
whicht hestudentswor
shi
pbeforetr
aini
ng,i
tis
caledKal ari
Putraand al
ltheweaponsareli
ned
upt hewal l
.

KalariMas sage
Kalar
i mas sagehel ptoprimet hebodyands harpen
ref
lexes,attainhealthycons t
itut
ion,f
lexi
bil
i
ty,
nimblenes sands uppleness.Mas sageimprove
ment alalertnes
sandat t
ent i
ons panbyr educi
ng
tensi
onandcal mi ngthemi nd.

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