Comments on: Padayani Temple Ritual Of Kerala To Pacify Bhagwathi https://inditales.com/padayani-temple-ritual-of-kerala/ Travel Blog from India Tue, 02 May 2023 17:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: sue https://inditales.com/padayani-temple-ritual-of-kerala/#comment-19126 Sun, 18 Nov 2018 04:05:24 +0000 https://inditales.com/?p=23856#comment-19126 Interesting to learn about Padayani.

]]> By: NEETHU SHARMA https://inditales.com/padayani-temple-ritual-of-kerala/#comment-19041 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 06:07:13 +0000 https://inditales.com/?p=23856#comment-19041 KERALA IS THE BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN INDIA I WANT TO VISIT THAT THIS ARTICLE IS VERY USEFUL TO ME THANK YOU, SIR

]]> By: Anuradha Goyal https://inditales.com/padayani-temple-ritual-of-kerala/#comment-19037 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 05:13:42 +0000 https://inditales.com/?p=23856#comment-19037 In reply to Shrinivas Tilak.

Thank you, Sir. We are trying to share the joy of our travels and discoveries with readers, in the process of bringing people together.

]]> By: Shrinivas Tilak https://inditales.com/padayani-temple-ritual-of-kerala/#comment-19026 Tue, 13 Nov 2018 15:53:18 +0000 https://inditales.com/?p=23856#comment-19026 Thanks for explaining to us readers that the Padayani art form as performed in Kerala today (and going back several centuries) involves (1) the knowledge of all 64 artforms (listed in the Kamasutra); (2) that it was practiced by the Ganakas (medicine men) who practiced psychological or spiritual healing and also taught Martial Arts that form part of the performance of Padayani; (3) that the rounds of dances called Kolams narrate a specific story as part of Padayani. Maadan Kolam, for instance, has a theme of protecting the cattle where the dancer is said to have the prowess to kill the potential russler with his shadow; (4) that Vinodam (satire) on some hot current topic is interjected in between dances and Kolams involving a vidushaka (jester) like character who takes center stage and engages in a dialogue with the singers.

This account of Padayani reminds me of Bharata’s Natyashastra, which traces the origin of ritual dance-dialogue-drama (that is being performed since Vedic times and later elaborated in the Shatapatha Brahmana) to the dialogue between Pururavas and Urvashi in the Rigveda (10:95.1-18) featuring (and prefiguring) the seeds of the above four components of Padayani.

The link to the article “Padayani Rural Tantras: The aesthetics and embodiment of beliefs and identity” by Marc-Paul Lambert provides a useful and comprehensive historical perspective on Padayani. Thanks again

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