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THEYYAM: RED GODS

RAKESH ANAND

Theyyam is a vibrant and colourful form of ritualistic worship that is deeply rooted in the culture and traditions of Kerala, India. This living tradition involves elaborate rituals, music, dance, and vibrant costumes that bring to life the divine spirits being invoked.

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12: Ayurveda & Traveling

PRINCESS GOURI PARVATHI BAYI

I am basically restless person. I like to walk and explore places on foot. I think, that discovering the city, a village, an area on foot and interacting with local people, that give the very special dimension to your travels.

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11: Ayurveda & Environment

PRINCESS GOURI PARVATHI BAYI

If you ask me, what is Kerala’s biggest problem today, I would say, it is the garbage! As the Malayali is very conscious of his physical cleanness and wellbeing and he will take his garbage and put it on the street. So that is very, very serious problem as I see it.

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10: Ayurveda & Tribal Heritage

PRINCESS GOURI PARVATHI BAYI

One of the Kani tribe chiefs told me: We never had anything white! We drunk no milk, we ate no salt, we ate no sugar, we did not consumed processed flour. We had the millets, the grains, spices and herbs in the forests. I call it a white diet.

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09: Ayurveda & Symbols

PRINCESS GOURI PARVATHI BAYI

In the older days, what we did not do, was to explain things to people. You would say: Do this, it should be done this way! The why and where, nobody bother to explain. But today, you can explain or open the inner eye in anyone, in any age and in any stage of life.

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08: Ayurveda & Dharma

PRINCESS GOURI PARVATHI BAYI

Dharma is a very difficult word for which there is no translation. It is a concept. Our own family motto is Dharmo smat kuladev atam. The British translated is Charity is our household divinity. Dharma is not Charity! There is much more to it!

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07: Ayurveda & Mythology

PRINCESS GOURI PARVATHI BAYI

Lord with the lotus in the naval, our lives have been fulfilled by doing service at your feet. We are fulfilled. Our lives are complete...This has been the motto of the Travancore family for generations and I hope it will continue so as long as family is in the existence.

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06: Ayurveda & Astrology

PRINCESS GOURI PARVATHI BAYI

There are things, which we really do not understand - what is up there, what is out there. People, who do research in astronomy, they find something new every day. All these things definitely have an influence on human body.

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05: The Taste of Ayurveda

PRINCESS GOURI PARVATHI BAYI

In the older days we believed, that the kitchen can be your pharmacy, you had the market right in your garden. We used to cook even with banana skins. Yes, the peel which you discard. But today’s perception of the food is totally different!

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04: Ayurveda & Art of Happiness

PRINCESS GOURI PARVATHI BAYI

Happiness is a state of mind, which we all would like to achieve. But it is not that easy, when you try to put it in the practice. The power of art is your strength of mind. Everything is in some form of art. It is the inner treasure, which you have to look for and find it.

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03: Shakti & Female Empowerment

PRINCESS GOURI PARVATHI BAYI

Ayurveda god Dhavantari is a male form, but in Kerala we had matriarchal system in which the woman had lot of power. So things like treatment was in the hands of the woman. Woman decided which way the family would go.

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02: Ayurveda in Kerala

PRINCESS GOURI PARVATHI BAYI

The ego is very big! People say: my way is the only way! I do not think so. I think, there are many ways. Maybe it all leads to the same point, but the ways are many, methods are many, the methodologies are many.

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