Lakshmi Nivas residency

Lakshmi Nivas residency is an artist-run creative residency and atelier-lodging located in Parudur, a small village near Pattambi in northern Kerala, India. It was created by artist Sunoj D and anthropologist Namrata Neog, who describe themselves as sensitive to nature and ecology. The residency occupies an independent 80 m² atelier-lodging separate from the founders' own house, set amid a plantation of banana and coconut trees near rice fields and birdlife. The stated purpose is to provide a peaceful place conducive to all forms of creation, including writing, visual arts, film and music. The residency is listed on the Host an Artist platform, a directory of artist residencies. It offers breakfast, lunch and dinner with Kerala specialities according to guests' taste, Wi-Fi, an induction hotplate, and a bathroom with shower and toilets. It is about 1 km from Parudur village, where guests can shop, and about 20 km from Pattambi, a larger town with well-served bus and railway stations. Cochin is about two hours away by train, and rickshaws are an easy local means of transport. Lakshmi Nivas operates on a cost-sharing model. A financial contribution of 25 euros per day per person, or 40 euros for two people, is requested in exchange for the residency. The listing also notes that animals and smokers are welcome, that the space is suitable for artistic events, and that the hosts may wish for something in exchange for the hosting, such as a work of art, an original work, singing or painting lessons, a private concert or any other art form. The residency is a small, private, owner-operated initiative rather than a commercial chain or franchise.

Lakshmi Nivas residency was created by Sunoj D, an artist, and Namrata Neog, an anthropologist, who are based in Kerala, India. The residency's official listing on the Host an Artist platform carries a creation date of 28 April 2020 and a modification date of the same day, indicating that the entry was first published in April 2020. The founders describe themselves as sensitive to nature and ecology, and they established the place as a peaceful setting conducive to all forms of creation, including writing, visual arts, film and music. The residency consists of an independent 80 m² atelier-lodging separate from the founders' own house. It is situated in the middle of a plantation of banana and coconut trees, close to rice fields and birdlife, in a small village called Parudur near Pattambi in northern Kerala. The location is about 1 km from Parudur village, where guests can do their shopping, and about 20 km from Pattambi, a larger town with well-served bus and railway stations. Cochin is about two hours away by train, and rickshaws are an easy means of local transport. The residency provides breakfast, lunch and dinner with Kerala specialities according to guests' taste, Wi-Fi, an induction hotplate, and a bathroom with shower and toilets. It operates on a cost-sharing basis: a financial contribution of 25 euros per day per person, or 40 euros for two people, is requested in exchange for the residency. The listing notes that animals and smokers are welcome, that the space is suitable for artistic events, and that the hosts may wish for something in exchange for the hosting, such as a work of art, an original work, singing or painting lessons, a private concert or any other art form. The residency is a private, owner-operated initiative and is not known to be part of a larger corporate group.

• Official listing of Lakshmi Nivas residency created on the Host an Artist platform.

A small, nature-oriented, artist-run residency offering a peaceful environment for writing, visual arts, film and music, with cost-sharing rather than commercial rates.

• Artist residency

  A residency for writing, visual arts, film and music in a plantation setting.

• Atelier-lodging

  An independent 80 m² atelier-lodging separate from the founders' house.

• Full board with Kerala specialities

  Breakfast, lunch and dinner with Kerala specialities according to guests' taste.

1. 1Lakshmi Nivas/ residence artistique/ Kerala/Inde – Host an artisthostanartist.com
2. 2Lakshmi Nivas residency – Wikidatawikidata.org