It is a method of telling stories by moving small puppets fixed on a two foot long thin stick which is holding between the nose and the upper lip.

It is a method of telling stories by moving small puppets fixed on a thin stick which is holding between the nose and the upper lip.

[2] A Nokuvidya puppet show usually depicts the stories from Ramayana, like the battle of Rama and Ravana and Sita's return.

[1][3] Lord Shiva was the first to perform Nokkuvidya by making few puppets out of wood hewed from Ezhilampala tree in the forest and fixing a kamuk stick below it.

[1] Then three lamps (represents three eyes of Shiva) fixed on a two-foot-long wooden stick, holding between the nose and the upper lip, is lit.

The puppets fixed on a two foot long stick will then be balanced above the head, holding between the nose and the upper lip.