Late Dwaraka Krishnan Kongassery Asaan and his contemporaries are remembered worldwide for their talented dedication to the art form.

[1] Onathallu or Avittathallu is a festival celebrated by the natives of Pallassana Desham in the Chittur Thaluk in Palakkad district, in the southernmost state of India, Kerala.

The festival is a tradition followed by the natives of the region in commemoration of the numerous wars they led and fought as part of the army of the Kolathiris.

The tradition involves an enactment or warlike performances by men of the Nair community at the Vettakaruman Devaswom temple premises.

The key component of the performance involves men pairing up and, under the guidance and supervision of elders in the community, enacting physical combat, war cries and battle-like behaviour.