1.
KERALA
KALARIPAYATTU KATHAKALI
• KATHAKALI
The word Kalaripayattu is a combination of
two Malayalam words - kalari (training
ground or battleground)
and payattu (training of martial arts), which
is roughly translated as “practice in the arts
of the battlefield
The term Kathakali is derived from katha which means "story
or a conversation, or a traditional tale", and kaḷi which
means "performance" or "play". The dance symbolises the
eternal fight between good and evil

2.
MOHINIYATTAM AND THEYYAM
• Mohiniyattam dance gets its name from the word Mohini –
a historical enchantress avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu,
who helps the good prevail over evil by developing her
feminine powers.
• ,
• Theyyam is a folk ritual (worship of goddess)

3.
WEATERN GHATS AND BACKWATERS
The peak of Anamudi in Kerala is the highest peak in
the Western Ghats, as well as the highest peak in
India outside the Himalayas
The Kerala backwaters are a network
of brackish lagoons and canals lying parallel to
the Arabian Sea of the Malabar coast of Kerala state in
south-western India. It also includes interconnected
lakes, rivers, and inlets

4.
MATTANCHERRY PALACE AND ROCK CUT TEMPLE
• The palace was included in the "tentative list"
of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Kottukkal rock cut temple the foremost example of
rock-cut temples of Kerala is dated to the 8th -9th
centuries C.E.The state Department of Archaeology
declared it as a protected monument in 1966.At Kottukkal
there are two rock-cut caves facing the East, excavated
out from one single rock.