The word theyyam derives from the word “Deivam”, the Sanskrit word for ‘God’. Some believes that theyyam is a rare survival of some pre-Aryan and non-Brahminical Dravidian religious system that was later absorbed in to Hinduism’s capacious embrace. Others argument is that the theyyam were tolerated as an acceptable safety valve to allow complaints against the misdeeds of the feudal to be expressed in a ritualized and non-violent manner. Today it is social ritual of every one in the area where social norms of the people are inverted and for a short period the position and power are miraculously transferred to the insignificant and deprived. Theyyam represents the common man’s spiritual and metaphysical beliefs as it encompasses the opportunity where the performer identifies with the God or the spirit of the ancestors or bygone heroes and guides the society even in matters of contemporary interest.