Pottan Theyyam

"Vazhi thetty vazhy thetty po pulapotta..
Enthina chovvare vazhi thettunnathu?

Ningale kothiyaalum chora onnalle...

Ningal pale perum mannathu koodumbol..

Naangal pale perum kaavil kuudunnu..

Nhangale kuppayile poovanu chovvare..

Ningale deevane poojikkunnathu chovvare...

..."
A Pulayan (one of the many lower castes in Kerala). Even though born to Pulaya parents Alankaran was a whiz kid. He grew in a society which always treated him and his community with disgust. But he mastered the Vedas, forbidden to the lower castes. Once he had a debate with a Brahmin (the higher caste) as in the other story. He ordered Alankara who came across him to move away from his path. He didn't move instead he retorted, "If the problem is with the way, I shall divide the way into two to travel for both of us", Then Alankaran split that path using his wooden wand. The angry Brahmins later caught him and tied up his limbs threw him into a heap of fire. Being intellectual and gifted with divine knowledge, Alankaran laughed and laughed in the fire and finally succumbed to the fate, scribbled by the privileged ones.

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