Mayilattam

Mayilattam is an artistic and religious form of dance performed in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in reverence to Murugan, a regional form of the Hindu deity Kartikeya. Mayilattam literally translates as the "peacock dance".
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The tradition

Mayilattam is an artistic and religious form of dance performed in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in reverence to Murugan, a regional form of the Hindu deity Kartikeya. Mayilattam literally translates as the "peacock dance". During the dance, the performers seat themselves upon a peacock replica, which is the mount of the deity.

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Mayilattam is South Indian dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition.1

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Mayilattam performed at Koovery

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Mayilattam performed at Koovery

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