Kalamandalam Bindhulekha is a diploma holder in Mohiniyattam and Bharathanatyam and has graduated from Kerala Kalamandalam.She took up mural painting, after having been attracted by the work of her brother-in-law, Sadanandan, a disciple of Mammiyur Krishnan Kutty Nair and got trained in the genre for six years.
She is the first woman mural painter in temple drawing from Kerala state. Her debut work in Tiroor Vadakurumbakaavu temple in Thrissur is considered as the first mural painting to be done in a Kerala temple by a woman artist.It took two years to complete the mural painting which consisted of three forms of Devi - Saraswati (in shades of white), Bhadrakali (in shades of dark blue) and Mahalakshmi (in shades of red).The painting was based on the theme “Rajas tamas satva”. Her fist solo show exhibition of mural paintings was conducted in 2004 at Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Art gallery in Trichur.She has also been part of group exhibitions conducted in Bangalore and Mumbai.
