Kanyarkali

Kanniyar Kali is a folk dance ritual performed in Temples of villages in Alathur and Chittur Taluk of Palakkad district of Kerala.

The purattu depicts the life and social customs of various castes and tribes of medieval Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Since the purattu depict various heterogeneous castes and tribes, the various purattus have different costumes, style of dancing and songs with different tempos.

Certain purattus are laced with humor and depict a scenario wherein a long lost husband and wife have a reunion.

The singers occupy the central position of the stage and the dancers dance along the periphery of the pandal in a circular manner.