Results for "kerala"
13 entries found.
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreYakshiniयक्षिणी
Some guard, some haunt: female nature spirits of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain loreBeing · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇮🇳 IndiaTheyyam
A ritual dance from Kerala where performers embody deities through elaborate costume and songRite · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Protection Living
🇮🇳 IndiaKavu
Sacred forest patches in South India that protect local deities and wildlifeTradition · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇮🇳 IndiaBhadrakaliभद्रकाली
A fierce Hindu goddess worshipped in Kerala and Nashik for protection and spiritual knowledgeBeing · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇮🇳 IndiaBhuta KolaBhūta Kōla
A Tulu folk dance and ritual where spirits are channelled into human performersTradition · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇮🇳 IndiaVelichappaduവെളിച്ചപ്പാട്
A Hindu temple oracle in Kerala who channels deities through trance and danceBeing · Seeing and foretelling · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇮🇳 IndiaKadangot Makkam
A North Malabar goddess who became a deity after being killed by her brothers.Being · Protection · Love and attraction Living
🇮🇳 IndiaArya Poonkani
A Hindu goddess of North Malabar, performed in Theyyam ritual with a Muslim sailor companion.Figure · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇮🇳 IndiaBappiriyan Theyyam
A North Malabar ritual performance blending Hindu and Muslim mythic figuresRite · Wonder and entertainment Living
🇮🇳 IndiaUchitta Bhagavathyഉച്ചിട്ട ഭഗവതി
A North Malabar goddess of fire and childbirth, performed as TheyyamBeing · Protection · Healing Living
🇮🇳 IndiaPulimaranja Thondachan
A theyyam deity of North Malabar, born from a shapeshifter who became a leopard.Figure · Protection · Power and authority Living
🇮🇳 IndiaKuttichathan Theyyam
A North Kerala ritual dance honoring a guardian deity born of divine and human linesIllusion · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇮🇳 IndiaPoomala Bhagavathy
A Hindu goddess of North Malabar, revered as the family deity of the Thiyya community.Being · Love and attraction · Luck and prosperity Living
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kadangot Makkam: Shagil Kannur, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bappiriyan Theyyam: Sumalkv, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Theyyam: Shagil Kannur, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kavu: Ashwin.appus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bhadrakali: unknown Basholi artist, Public domain, source
- Bhuta Kola: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Yakshini: Brihaspati, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Uchitta Bhagavathy: Sreejith K ( talk ), CC BY 3.0, source
- Pulimaranja Thondachan: Uajith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kuttichathan Theyyam: Ajeeshkumar4u, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Poomala Bhagavathy: Ajeeshkumar4u, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Arya Poonkani: Shagil Kannur, CC BY-SA 3.0, source