Kanyarkali

Kanniyar Kali is a folk dance ritual performed in Temples of villages in Alathur and Chittur Taluk of Palakkad district of Kerala. The event is usually a part of Vishu celebrations of the village and usually succeeds the Vela ( Village Fair) and is usually performed during the months of April and May. It is an agricultural festival dance of Nair community.^[1] Kanniyar Kali, despite the name of the Virgin, does not have anything to do with the Kannaki cult.^[2]

Kanniyar Kali is in no way connected with the Kaniyar community, a community of authentic astrologers of Kerala. ^[3]

^ Malayalam Literary Survey, Volume 1, Issue 2-4. Kerala Sahithya Akademi, 1977. p. 185.
^ T. Madhava Menon. A Handbook of Kerala, Volume 2. International School of Dravidian Linguistics, 2002. p. 423.
^ Chummar Choondal. Studies in Folklore of Kerala. College Book House. p. 78.

[1] Malayalam Literary Survey, Volume 1, Issue 2-4. Kerala Sahithya Akademi, 1977. p. 185.

[2] T. Madhava Menon. A Handbook of Kerala, Volume 2. International School of Dravidian Linguistics, 2002. p. 423.

[3] Chummar Choondal. Studies in Folklore of Kerala. College Book House. p. 78.

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Kanyarkali

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