Tholpavakoothu is the shadow puppetry of Kerala. In Malayalam, Thol means leather, pava means puppet and koothu, the play. This play was composed by Chinnathampi Vadhyar, an ancient scholar. The play is based on Kamba Ramayana, the Tamil version of the Indian epic Ramayana, authored by the great Tamil scholar and poet Kambar who lived in the 12th century
