A Handbook of Kerala, Volume 2

actor adopted agricultural Alapuzha ancient became believed Bhadrakali Bhagavathi Bibliography Brahmins bride price British centre century ceremony Chakyar chieftains Christian Church clans cloth Cochin coconut cousin marriages cross cousin cross cousin marriages cycle rituals dance deity devotees district endogamous erstwhile established famous festival forest girl Goddess Government groom Hindu India installed Iyer Kannada Kathakali Kerala king known Kodungallur Kollam Kottayam Krishna Kurichiya Kurumba labour land lineage Malabar Malayalam Mappila married Marthanda Varma Mathur matrilineal menarche Menon mosque mother tongue munities Muslim myth Nair Nambudiri Nayar nowadays observed op.cit Palakkad Palakkad district Pattar performed Perumal Pillai pollution Portuguese present priest Pulaya Raja rice rites sambandham Sanskrit settlement shrine Singh Siva social songs Syrian tali taluk Tamil Nadu temple Thiruvananthapuram Thrissur Thurston tion traditional traditionally Travancore tribal Tribes Tulu Varma Vellala village Vishnu Wayanad woman women worship Zamorin