Beyond subjugation and subversion: Spectatorship, shifting practices, and the evolving politics of the Kodungallur Bharani festival in Kerala, South India
Published online on November 26, 2025
Abstract
Social Compass, Volume 72, Issue 4, Page 533-550, December 2025.
This article explores the Kodungallur Bharani festival of Kerala, South India, a prominent non-Brahmanical tradition; sexually suggestive songs and the ritual enactments ofvelichappads, ritual specialists who embody the goddess through possession, ...
This article explores the Kodungallur Bharani festival of Kerala, South India, a prominent non-Brahmanical tradition; sexually suggestive songs and the ritual enactments ofvelichappads, ritual specialists who embody the goddess through possession, ...