In the sacred groves and village shrines of North Kerala and neighbouring parts of Karnataka, a centuries-old tradition ...

Across north Kerala, in the Kasargod and Kannur districts, the spiritual theyyam takes over the region this season ...

For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India's southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ancient folk ritual. Rooted in ancient tribal traditions, theyyam predates ...

There’s a lake underneath the forest where a crocodile runs riot. Thus goes a myth about one of Kerala’s sacred groves, and it’s a myth that is firmly believed by the people who inhabit the area ...

The dancer recently did a theyyam-inspired bharatanatyam performance at the Soorya Dance Festival, Thiruvananthapuram The dancer recently did a theyyam-inspired bharatanatyam performance at the Soorya ...

Mime. Theatre. Worship. Trance. Dance. Art. Music. Story. Now imagine a spectacle comprising all these further augmented by esoteric chanting and extravagantly colourful makeup and attire. In which ...

KOZHIKODE: Theyyam, northern Kerala’s popular ritual dance, has inspired a school teacher in Vadakara to become a photographer and capture its vigorous moments. Arjun P.N., an English teacher at SGMSD ...

A youth collapsed after being struck by a Theyyam shield during a temple festival in Neeleswaram, but recovered afterward.