This proposal is intended to establish Renaissance Cultural Complexes in every district in order to provide an overview of our cultural characteristics and disseminate information about the States’ cultural and renaissance history. These complexes will have large auditoriums, opera house open air theatres, Music halls, theater stages, art gallery, book shops, seminar halls, crafts and craftsmen shop, related facilities for cultural activities, workshops for sculptures and artisans, drama rehearsal spaces, work places for sculptures and craftsmen and short term residential facilities for artists, writers etc. The 14 cultural complexes, one in each district commemorates 14 Renaissance leaders of yesteryears as shown below

 

 

Sl No District Renaissance Leader Proposed site of the Complex
1 Kasargod Subramanian Thirumunp Madikkai, Hosdurg
2 Kannur Vagbhadanandan Pattiam Thalassery
3 Kozhikode Vaikkom Muhammed Basheer Olavanna , Kozhikode
4 Wayanad Edachena Kunkan Suitable land not yet identified
5 Malappuram Muhammed Abdul Rahman Sahib Kottakkunnu, Eranad
6 Thrissur Vallathol Narayana Menon Chiyyaram
7 Palakkad V T Bhattathiripad Yakkara
8 Ernakulam Sahodaran Ayyappan Suitable land not yet identified
9 Idukki Akkamma Cherian Peerumed
10 Kottayam Lalithambika Antharjanam Kangazha, Changanassery
11 Pathanamthitta Chattambi Swamikal Suitable land not yet identified
12 Alapuzha P Krishna Pillai Mavelikkara
13 Kollam Sreenarayana Guru Ashramam
14 Thiruvananthapuram Mahatma Ayyankali Suitable land not yet identified