As the sacred groves, known as kavus, bustle with activity in preparation for festivities, numerous WhatsApp groups are busy coordinating the theyyam calendar for the season. One such group ...

For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India’s southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ...

God’s own dance and feast make for a vibrant celebration of culture and spirit worship in Kerala. The ritual theatre of Theyyam (morphed from the word “deivam” or god) and Sadhya ...

The Theyyam then lights up in a fiery splendour, playing an apt homage to the stoic and fabulous women of Kerala who battled for social change like true warriors. “I don’t know why ...

At least 154 people have been injured in a fireworks accident at a temple in Kerala's Kasaragod district, during late hours of Monday, October 28. Eight persons ...