Kerala Folklore Museum

The entry fee for visiting folklore museum in Kochi is Rs 100 per head for adults and Rs 50 per head for students. The museum is designed to preserve the cultural heritage of South India and offers live performances and folk art education.

Folklore museum is the only architectural museum in Kerala and the treasure trove of stone, wood and bronze sculptures, ancient terracotta, stone Age objects, jewellery, paintings, oil lamps, musical instruments, tribal and folk art, wood works, utensils, masks and traditional art forms etc.

Contributed articles on the life and memors of P.K. Kāḷan, 1937-2007, Gaddika artiste, social worker and former chairman of Kerala Folklore Akademi.

The legend says that Parasuram meditated in Gokarna and pleased the earth goddess and Varuna, the god of the sea; he then travelled to Kanyakumari and threw his axe to the north, and the land on which it landed rose from the ocean and became Kerala.