കളമെഴുത്ത് (kalamezhuthu)
The drawing of large images of deities on temple or house floors in Kerala with five natural powders, by hand and finger, as part of a ritual accompanied by songs (thottam). The drawing is erased in the climax of the ritual, when the possessed performer enters it in a trance dance.
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