Aromal Chekavar – Kadathanadan Kalaripayattu Warrior (Part 3)
On the day before Aromal chekavar had to leave a party was thrown at the Puthuram household to send him on his way. While all of his friends and family were there and there was plenty of music and dancing, Aromal could not enjoy...
Pazhassi Raja – Warrior King of the Kalaripayattu Freedom Fighters (Part 1)
The story of Pazhassi Raja is one so extraordinary, so filled with courage and action, that it would be worthy of the great songs of old that told tales of the likes of Unniyarcha and Aromal Chekavar. Born into a royal family of Kerala, Pazhassi...
Aromal Chekavar – Kadathanadan Kalaripayattu Warrior (Part 1)
Long, long ago, in a time when the great Kalaripayattu warriors still roamed Kerala with shields on their backs and urumis around their waists, there lived two brothers from Kadathanadan. Their names were Unnichandror Nair and Unnikonnar Nair and they were from a wealthy and...