The ritual related art forms are among the ancient and indigenous performing art forms in Kerala. These dance forms glorify the goddess and their themes revolve around the triumph of the goddess over the demon or other evil characters. Mudiyettu is a similar dance form, which is associated with the Goddess Bhagavathy, the wife of Lord Shiva.

The theme of the dance depicts the glory and triumph of Bhagavathy over the demon Darika and other evil characters. The characters are all made up heavily with gorgeous costumes, with intricate and elaborate designs and the conventional facial paintings, tall headgear etc. Attired and adorned exotically with a unique weirdness and hideousness, the characters seem quite supernatural in performance.