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Gadhika
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<p>Gadhika also spelled as Gaddika is a tribal art form of the <a href="/facts/Ravula/kYP2smor">Adiya</a> or Adiyor <a href="/facts/Tribals_in_Kerala/eyt4Gtvs">tribe</a> belonging to the <a href="/facts/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes/e2tKbqeM">Scheduled Tribes</a> of <a href="/facts/Wayanad_district/owWaumaz">Wayanad district</a>, <a href="/facts/Kerala/DMP5u40q">Kerala</a>, India. Gaddika is a ritual art form performed to cure disease and ward off miseries and <a href="/facts/Evil_eye/vqP1fBLc">evil eye</a>. There are two variations of Gadhika, Nattu Gadhika, a public performance and Pooja Gadhika, which is purely ritualistic. </p>