Dr Radhakrishnan Sivan

संस्कृतक्षेत्रे केरलीयानां योगदानं अतिप्रधानं वर्तते। भाषायाः सर्वासु शाखासु एतेषां सुन्दरमनोहररसयुक्ताः युक्तयः प्रतिफलिताः इति अस्माभिः...

Nālukettu is the Malayalam translation of Sanskrit word Catuśśala (an edifice of four houses). It is a building compiling all the four dikśalas, each placed at their respective cardinal position around the central courtyard. Nālukettu consists of an interior and exterior open spaces and an interface of built form. The traditional architecture is typically a rectangular structure where four halls are joined together with a central courtyard open to the sky. The four halls on the sides are named