Kodungallur Theri Pattu Lyrics -

Konnappookkal choodi vannaval, koothi thanne... (She who came wearing blood-red flowers is but a whore…) (Note: Performers maintain that such words are not literal abuse but ritual "dark praise.") The Theri Pattu defies standard models of worship. Its functions are:

Theriyo! theriyo! theri pattinu utharamilla (Lament! Lament! There is no reply to the lament song) Kodungallur Theri Pattu Lyrics

Kodungallorammakk innu theriyum kuththam... (Today, Kodungallur Mother faces the insult of obscenity…) Konnappookkal choodi vannaval, koothi thanne