Subject: velichapāḍu priest / medium
Culture: Nayar/Malayali
Setting: temple divination, Malabar/Kerala 18thc and later
Event Photos
* Kemp 2019 p39
"At night the Velichappadus, fully possessed by the spirit of the Mother Goddess, perform the thullal, a frenzied dance for the diety, in front of the Eastern entrance to the temple."
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