We are on a ‘Theyyam Lite’ trip, trying to take in as many performances as we can in a packed schedule in Kasaragod, in northernmost Kerala. The north is the birthplace of the ritualistic art ...

Its sheer fieriness itself sets a mystic mood. And when this fire takes centre stage, the dance of the Theyyam assumes divine proportions and the aura is surreal. Thiruvananthapuram’s Ayiravalli ...