Kari Gurukkal, also called Pulimaranja Thondachan (the nice grandfather who became tiger), is a people god of Pulayas, a subaltern group in North Kerala. In response to legends, Kari was a grasp of martial arts and different arts. Envious, the higher caste folks ordered him to deliver tiger mane and tail to remedy the insanity of the ruler. For this, he needed to take the tiger type and go to the forest. To get his human type again when he returns from the forest, his spouse ought to pour water used for cleansing rice and beat him with broom. However when he returns from the forest, his spouse obtained terrified by his type and fails to do what she was informed to do. Unable to take human type, Kari goes again to the forest.
