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Kalarippayattu, the martial arts form unique to Kerala has always been part of its folklore. Thus we get to know of colourful masters who performed great deeds of valour and showed unimaginable skill. One such master of martial arts was Kallanthattil Gurukkal. A brahmin whose dexterity in the martial arts fetched him the title of Gurukkal from the king himself.

മദ്ധ്യകാലത്ത് കേരളത്തിൽ ജീവിച്ചിരുന്നതായി കരുതപ്പെടുന്ന ഒരു താന്ത്രികാഭ്യാസിയായിരുന്നു പുളിയമ്പള്ളി നമ്പൂതിരി. അന്നത്തെ സമൂഹത്തിൽ നില നിന്നിരുന്ന കഠിനമായ ജാതി ഉച്ചനീചത്വങ്ങളെ വെല്ലുവിളിച്ചതിൻ്റെ പേരിൽ സ്വന്തം ജാതിയിൽ നിന്ന് പുറത്താക്കപ്പെട്ട അദ്ദേഹം; എന്നാൽ പിന്നീട് അദ്ദേഹത്തിൽ ദൈവത്വം അവരോഹിയ്ക്കപ്പെടുകയും ഉണ്ടായി. അദ്ദേഹം പ്രവർത്തിച്ചു എന്നു പറയപ്പെടുന്ന അത്ഭുതങ്ങളിൽ പ്രധാനപ്പെട്ടത് പ്രകൃതി ശക്തികളെ കൈയടക്കാനുള്ള സിദ്ധിയാണ്.

Adhyathma Ramayanam is the 'kilippatt' version of Ramayanam written by Thunchath Ramanujan Ezhuthachan.

This is the story of how the playful and merciful Lord Ananthapadmanabha tested his bhakthan, Vilvamangalath Swamiyar.

Through passages of narrative, deeply researched explanation and beautifully illustrated by the author with thirty paper-cutouts, Saints retells stories that enjoyed centuries of popular appeal among medieval Christians but were suppressed when their shrines were destroyed. These stories embraced the darkness of their heroes: sinister saints who sacrificed their followers and women who communed with geese, saints whose decapitated heads spoke to wolves.

രാജവാഴ്ച നില നിന്നിരുന്ന കാലത്ത് സാമൂതിരി- കോലത്തിരി രാജാക്കന്മാർ തമ്മിൽ നടത്തിയ ഒരു കൂടിക്കാഴ്ചയുടേയും തുടർന്നുണ്ടായ സംഭവ പരമ്പരകളുടേയും ആഖ്യാനമാണ് സാമൂതിരിയും കോലത്തിരിയുമെന്ന ഐതിഹ്യമാലയിലെ കഥ.

കോട്ടയത്തുരാജ കുടുംബത്തിലുള്ള സ്ത്രീപുരു‌ഷന്മാർ യഥാകാലം വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം ചെയ്തുകൊണ്ടിരുന്നതിനാൽ മുൻകാലങ്ങളിൽ അവിടെ വിദ്വാന്മാരല്ലാതെ ഉണ്ടായിരിക്ക പതിവില്ല. എങ്കിലും ഒരുകാലത്ത് ആ രാജകുടുംബത്തിൽ കേവലം മന്ദബുദ്ധിയായ ഒരു രാജകുമാരൻ അഭൂതപൂർവമായിസംഭവിക്കുന്നതിനിടയായി.

If you want the absolute best day, then you need to prepare yourself for the thoughts you will allow into your mind, the emotions and behavior of others that you will allow into your heart, and the people and circumstances that you will allow access to your spirit. What's it going to be? Do you want to evolve beyond your current situation and circumstances, or do you want to continue to repeat lessons you are just so tired of seeing become a reality in your life? Today, and every day ahead, you get to decide.

Parayi Petta Panthirukulam, is a popular folktale in Kerala according to which, Vararuchi married a girl belonging to Paraya, a lower caste and set out a long pilgrimage. On the way, they were blessed with 12 children, of which 11 children were deserted. The 11 abandoned children were adopted and brought up by 11 different families, from various sections of society.

Century-old stories from Kerala that cover a vast spectrum of life, famous persons and events. It is a collection of legends numbering over a hundred, about magicians and yakshis, feudal rulers and conceited poets, kalari or Kalaripayattu experts, practitioners of Ayurveda and courtiers; elephants and their mahouts, tantric experts.

ദാരിദ്ര്യത്തിൻറെ പടുകുഴിയിലായിരുന്ന പാണ്ടമ്പറമ്പത്ത് ഭട്ടതിരിയുടെ ഇല്ലത്തിൽ ചീനക്കാരനായ കപ്പൽ കച്ചവടക്കാരൻ സൂക്ഷിക്കാൻ ഏൽപ്പിച്ച പത്തു ഭരണികളിലെ സ്വർണ്ണസമ്പാദ്യത്തിൽ തുടങ്ങി കോടൻ ഭരണി വരെയെത്തുന്ന രസകരമായ സംഭവകഥ കേൾക്കാം. കൂടെ ഈ കോടൻ ഭരണിയിൽ ഉപ്പിലിട്ട മാങ്ങയുടെ സവിശേഷതകൾ വിവരിക്കുന്ന കഥയും

A story that tells us of the astrological heritage of Kerala.

In offering this volume to teachers, my chief aim is to provide material for narration which shall deal, not with things temporal but with the “Eternal Verities”. These, if presented to our boys and girls in dramatic form, at the most impressionable period of their lives, will sink deeply into their minds. When presented in more direct and didactic fashion, the same truths often fail to impress. These stories of the Buddha are not for one age or one country, but for all time and for the world.

This comprehensive work by E. M. Berens starts with the primordial deities of the Greeks and the myths on the origin of the world, followed by the Olympian, sea, and minor divinities; nymphs; nature spirits; and Roman divinities.

A chalice that caught the blood of Christ as he died slowly on the cross. Or is it? This is the truth behind that most enigmatic of Holy relics, the Holy Grail. Prepare for a shock.

The Legends of Truth tells the true story of Christmas as written in the New King James Version of the Holy Bible. The 24 carefully selected passages and music for the movie are performed and arranged to share the true Christmas story of Jesus.

What is it about dragons that almost every country in the world has their own version of this mythical creature? Why is it that countries that are on opposite sides of the world have dragons that have relatively the same features? Is this evidence that these mythical beasts did not just exist in the imagination of people from centuries past? All these questions and more will be answered in this audiobook. If you have always been fascinated with dragons, and you want to learn more about them, then this is the audiobook for you.

At a time in antiquity when most of Europe was covered with forests and wandering tribes, Mexico had already developed complex civilizations, beginning with the Olmecs and followed by the Maya, a civilization with advanced knowledge of medicine, engineering and astronomy. The Maya calculated the precession of the equinoxes and cycles of the Pleiades, on which they based their year, since they believed they had come from that constellation.

Due analisi, una artistica, l`altra storica, ci porteranno su percorsi diversi, entrambi affascinanti, dalle ampie valenze simboliche e psicologiche, per ricondurci infine alla stessa conclusione - la Gorgone mostruosa cela un primigenio mistero. Vediamo quale.

Among all the various figures in 19th century America who left controversial legacies, it is hard to find one as influential as Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the founder of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Mormonism, and the Latter Day Saint movement. Revered as a prophet on the level of Moses by some, reviled as a perpetrator of large-scale fraud by others, what everyone can agree on is that Joseph Smith founded a religious movement that played a crucial role in the settlement of the West, especially in Utah.