Kanyarkali

Kanniyar Kali is a folk dance ritual performed in the temples of villages in the taluks of Alathur and Chittur, Palakkad district, Kerala, India. The event is usually a part of Vishu celebrations, occurring after the Vela (village fair) in the months of April and May. It is an agricultural festival dance of the Nair castes. Kanniyar Kali, despite the name of the Virgin, does not have anything to do with the Kannaki cult.

Kanniyar Kali is in no way connected with the Kaniyar community, a community of authentic astrologers of Kerala.

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