Kavu

Kavu

Kavu is the traditional name given for smaller temples across the Malabar coast in Kerala, South India. [M. Jayarajan, [http://krpcds.org/publication/downloads/92.pdf Sacred Groves of North Malabar] , Kerala Research Programme on Local Level Development, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram (ISBN 81-87621-95-8)] Kavus are notable for Theyyam, the centuries old ritual dance.

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* Sacred groves of India


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