The Odi Cult and the Kalladikode Neeli In the previous article, we read
about Yakshis , especially Kalliangattu Neeli and the Panayanar Yakshi, and
their connection to the Kadamattathu Kathanar. While those stories and myths
were linked to Travancore, Malabar was also well known for sorcerers,
witchc…
The Odiyans of Malabar
The Odi Cult and the Kalladikode Neeli In the previous article, we read
about Yakshis , especially Kalliangattu Neeli and the Panayanar Yakshi, and
their connection to the Kadamattathu Kathanar. While those stories and myths
were linked to Travancore, Malabar was also well known for sorcerers,
witchc…
Panchavankadu Neeli a.k.a Kalliankattu Neeli Two days ago, we watched the exciting Malayalam film Lokah –
Chapter 1, starring Kalyani Priyadarshan, and it was a fantastic experience.
Kalyani brought the character to life vividly on screen as Chandra, an
incarnation of the Venad Yakshi - Kalliyankat…
Driving lazily last weekend, en-route our local desi grocer,
I passed by the Chatam street. We do have several towns and places in the East
Coast of America named after locales of old Britain, and Chatam must have come
from the ancient Chatam port in Kent. That set me thinking about the name, but
…
The other day I was spending a few hours in bed suffering from a miserable flu and was in no mood to read. In utter boredom I was reduced to gazing around the room and out of the windows, till my gaze finally rested on an old black and white photo of a couple, them being my dad and mom, taken some …
The middle aged Namboothiri (A class of Brahmins in Kerala) was on his way across the fields that warm & sultry summer evening, going from his mana to the neighboring one, only that the other one was some distance away. He was indeed walking the distance and alone. Dusk had approached and he wa…
