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Thiruvathira Hindu Festival ARTS OF INDIA - Videos

Thiruvathira Hindu Festival – Video

Thiruvathirai is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Thiruvathira is celebrated on Thiruvathirai day in the month of Sagittarius. It was once a festival that was confined to the upper castes of Thiruvathira Brahmins, Nairs, Ambalavasis and others. The first Thiruvathira after the marriage of Hindu girls is […]

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Tholpavakoothu ARTS OF INDIA - Videos

Tholpavakoothu – Video

Tholpaavakoothu (leather puppet show) is an art form performed in connection with the rituals in the temples in Kerala. This form of art is on the verge of extinction. This is a type of shadow puppetry. The most famous of the contemporary shadow puppetry artists, also known as puppeteers, is K K Ramachandra Pulavar who […]

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