Kalaripayattu - kalari means battleground and payattu means fight - is believed to have originated at least 3,000 years back ...

While Kalarippayattu was once practised by warrior clans to settle blood feuds and resolve disputes on behalf of landlords, ...

Kalaripayattu, also known simply as Kalari, is an Indian martial art that originated in modern-day Kerala, a state on the southwestern coast of India. It is believed to be the oldest surviving ...

The one-day festival that will feature around 25 endangered and lesser known folk art forms of Kerala, will be opened by writer U.K. Kumaran. “There used to be a large number of folk art forms ...

Just like dance, the art form requires you to be flexible," she says. Hailing from Kerala's Thiyya community, Meenakshi Amma's guru was 15 when he and his brothers opened their own Kalaripayattu ...