Form · Folk · South India · North Malabar, Kerala; coastal Karnataka

Vishnumoorthi Theyyam

Also called: Vishnumoorthy, Vishnumurti Theyyam

The most popular Vaishnava Theyyam of north Malabar: a possession-performance in which Vishnu's man-lion form and the killing of Hiranyakashipu are danced by a performer from a hereditary Theyyam community, complete with a fire-entry, so that the god is held to be present in the dancer's body and blesses the village directly.

possession narasimha ritual

Sources: Vishnumoorthy Theyyam — Wikipedia; Dance of the Divine: Vishnumoorthy (e-book) · see Vishnumoorthi Theyyam's web

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Vishnumoorthi Theyyam form of

Vishnu (God) Folk · Vishnumoorthi comes down in the Theyyam
Vishnu's man-lion form as danced in north Malabar.

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Vishnumoorthi comes down in the Theyyam
Folk tale · as the god as danced · 2 tellings

Cited

Vishnumoorthy Theyyam — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Dance of the Divine: Vishnumoorthy (e-book) Temple tradition