The present monograph deals with two different forms of traditional theatre of south India, the teyyam of north Kerala and bhutaradhana of south Karnataka. Sita K. Nambiar, an eminent Sanskrit scholar, has made an indepth study of these dance forms in their cultural context. The origin and evolution of the ritual arts of teyyam and bhutaradhana was perhaps due to man's fear for some unknown forces of nature which afflicted the folk with unexpected tragedies, ...
