Kaliyatta Mahotsavam 2025 | Kanathur Sree Nalvar Daivasthanam Kasargod

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The Kaliyatta Mahotsavam at the Kanathur Sree Nalvar Daivasthanam is a prominent Theyyam festival. It primarily celebrates the Mother Goddess. Kaliyatta Mahotsavam Kanathur Sree Nalvar Daivasthanam Kasargod Kerala Animals, serpents and trees also figure in the ritualistic worship as promising entities. There are different forms of Theyyam, each invariably representing superhuman powers that include heroic characters and ancestral spirits. A variety of Theyyams like Elayor Theyyam, Chamunda Theyyam, Panchoorla Theyyam and Muthor Theyyam are presented in Kanathur.

Kaliyatta Mahotsavam at the Kanathur Nalvar Daivasthanam is a festive celebration that involves the worship of ancestral spirits and historic characters. The annual dance carnival is a spectacular treat with dance presentations marked by colourful costumes, masks, body-painting and trance-like performances. Each dance form denotes a deity who is worshipped through the dance performance. The ritualistic worship is also accompanied by treating the individual dance performers as deities.