Even though some argue that the Chavittu Nadakam is created by Portuguese as they felt cultural emptiness when they arrived at Kerala, there are no evidences supporting this view.Īlso the fact that Chavittu Nadakam uses language for its playback songs and dialogue, suggest that the art form is indigenous in origin. The reason behind this assumption is that Chavittu Nadakam has a significant European character in its costumes and outfits.īut there are historical evidences that Kerala had connections with the western world well before the arrival of Portuguese. Like many other Indic scripts, it is an alphasyllabary abugida, a writing Jose, C.Ĭhavittu Nadakam is believed to be originated after the arrival of Portuguese to the Kerala shores.
Malayalam script is also widely used for writing Sanskrit texts in Kerala. Malayalam script - Wikipedia Malayalam script is a Brahmic script used commonly to write the Malayalam language, which is the principal language of Kerala, India, spoken by 35 million people in the world.
