Pallanguzhi, Traditional Game - Box Model

Pallankuzhi is played by dropping shells into pits on board, It has been a Kids and women's pastime, also an entertaining way to improve math and motor skills. It was also a marathon affair during festivals like Sivarathri and Vaikunda Ekadasi. Five cowrie shells are placed in each cup. The player starting to first pick up the shells from any of her holes and, moving anti-clockwise, places one shell in each hole. If she reaches the end of her cups she goes on the other side of the board. When the player drops her last shell, she takes the shells from the next cup and continues placing them in this way. If the last shell falls into a cup with an empty cup following it, the shells in the cup following the empty cup, are captured by the player. That player then continues playing from the next cup containing shells. If the last shell falls.