Festivals have always been a “big deal” in India. “Unity in Diversity”, have a good impact on India in terms of religion, cultures, and festivals. If you are a fan of colorful and joyful celebrations, Kerala should be in your list of priorities, with its famous festivals winning hearts and a lot of attraction across the world.
Kerala has practically all Hindu, Christian, and Muslim celebrations with similar excitement and appeal. Festivals of Kerala are well known likewise because they include different parts of everyday life, for example, sanctuary, vessel, bamboo, and so on.
Let’s take a look at the 10 famous festivals of Kerala.
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Onam
A 10-day long celebration, Onam is a well-known prestigious Hindu celebration that is commended with gigantic commitments.
The striking element of this celebration is that it includes Kathakali move, indoor and outside games, vessel races, and a few highlighting tunes.
Onam has been commended to check the homecoming of King Mahabali, who used to administer Kerala during the old time frame.
The time of King Mahabali was supposed to be a brilliant time of Kerala, where individuals lived cheerfully with adoration, concordance, and flourishing.
When is Onam celebrated?
This celebration is commended between the long stretch of August and September and is otherwise called the collect celebration of Kerala.
Attractions
Tiger Play, Flower Rangoli, Thumbi Thullal, and Onasadya are the significant attractions to appreciate while getting a charge out of this 10-day vivid celebration.
Weather
This skip around the celebration of 10 days is, for the most part, celebrated in the time of rainstorm where sightseers, alongside the shades of the celebration, can likewise appreciate the bunched up downpours of Kerala.
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Vishu
Vishu marks the Malayalam new year and is praised with extraordinary enthusiasm by Malayalis across Kerala, Karnataka, and different pieces of the nation.
In light of the Hindu schedule, Vishu is the main day of the primary sun oriented month of Medam. The celebration denotes the spring equinox (marks start of spring) and praises a bountiful gather.
On Vishu, Lord Vishnu and Lord Krishna are venerated by Malayali Hindus.
When is Vishu celebrated?
This celebration is commended in April.
Attractions
Malayali starts this day by looking to “Kani-Kanal” which is readied earlier night and offered to the garlanded god of Krishna. The celebration’s significant attractions are fireworks, payasam, and Vishu kanji.
Weather
Being a collect celebration, Vishu brings along lovely climate conditions.
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Thrissur Pooram Festival
Thrissur Pooram is one of the acclaimed sanctuary celebrations in Kerala and has been praised for over 200 years.
This celebration is praised at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur yearly and is commended for right around 36 hours with customary puja, finishing with extraordinary firecrackers.
The celebration is praised to venerate Lord Shiva and includes shading, music, and religion.
When is Thrissur Poonam celebrated?
This celebration is commended in April.
Attractions
The significant fascination of this celebration is the captivating sights of more than fifty clad of elephants going through the lanes of Thrissur at the sound of thumping drums.
Weather
The temperature stays in the low 20s during the hour of this celebration in Kerala.
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Theyyam
Theyyam is an 800-year-old celebration where you can imagine over 400 sorts of social moves, performed by inhabited dressed as gods.
The entertainer experienced three phases of learning: the main stage is of decorating themselves with hues, blossoms, and cover; the subsequent stage includes self-torment and the third stage is tied in with moving on a musicality.
This celebration is commended with tremendous fun which acquires the new degree of joy the life of the participants.
When is Theyyam celebrated?
This celebration is generally celebrated from December to April.
Attractions
The significant fascination of this celebration is the legendary stories being authorized through the “move of divine beings” execution.
Weather
For social aficionados, Theyyam falls at the best season when the climate stays cool and lovely.
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Kerala Boat Festival
Kerala is well-known for its backwater rides, the primary features of the state. The delightful stream, lakes, and the Arabian Sea are on the whole the piece of these backwater rides, where you can likewise picture the vessel celebrations of Kerala.
Vessel Festival is improved with various sizes of the pontoons, where you can see the camaraderie among members, extraordinary energy among the riders, and individuals cheering each other all around the spot.
When is the Boat Festival celebrated?
Usually, the pontoon celebration is held in the middle of July to September
Famous boat races in Kerala
Nehru Trophy Boat Race in Alleppey, Champakulam Moolam Boat Race at Alappuzha, Vallam Kali at Punnamada Lake, and Payippad Jalotsavam at Payippad Lake situated a ways off of 35 km from the area Alappuzha.
Attraction
The unique component of the vessel celebration is that it is praised for some reason. It is either connected with sanctuaries or with Onam or now and again held with no explanation.
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Maha Shivratri
Maha Shivarathri is a religious celebration celebrated with the same euphoria and merriment as other significant celebrations in Kerala. Aluva is where Maha Shivarathri is commended for a fantastic scope, on the banks of the Periyar River.
When is Maha Shivratri celebrated?
This celebration falls between the long periods of February-March which is otherwise called the long stretch of Kumbham.
Attractions
After the extreme quick saw by travelers and different Hindus, the day is trailed by a few move exhibitions, dealer stock, and a ‘Bali’ custom wherein individuals offer penance to their predecessors.
Weather
A dry climate with temperature taking off up the to high 30s.
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Attukal Pongala
Attukal Pongala is one of the celebrations that hold its record in the Guinness Book of World Records, for facilitating the biggest female group yearly.
This is one celebration, where individuals commend it without recalling their religion, cast, or shading. The celebration is tied in with offering ‘Pongala’ to Attukal Devi, a god whose sanctuary is found near the Thiruvananthapuram City.
Attukal Devi is accepted to be a manifestation of Goddess Parvati.
When is Attukal Pongala celebrated?
This celebration is praised during the long stretch of February/March.
Attractions
The best place to observe Attukal Pongala is Trivandrum. This is a celebration of 10 days, where individuals love Goddess Attukal Devi.
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Temple Festivals of Kerala
Kerala which is frequently alluded to as ‘God’s Own Country’ has numerous Hindu sanctuaries.
A considerable lot of the sanctuaries have one of a kind customs and most hold celebrations on explicit days of the year. Sanctuary celebrations for the most part proceed for various days.
A typical trait of these celebrations is the raising of a blessed banner which is then cut down just on the last day of the celebration.
The biggest celebration in Kerala is vrishchikolsavam of tripunithura sree poornathrayeesa sanctuary. Arattu at SreePadhmanabha Swami Temple, Thiruvananthapuram
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AmbalapuzhaArattu Temple, Alappuzha
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Ashtami at Vaikom, Kottayam
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Ettumanoor festival,Kottayam
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ChitturKonganpada, Palakkadu
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Lokanarkavu Utsavam, Kozhikode
All these sanctuary celebrations are loaded with incredible customs and culture, subsequently making them colorful for the vacationers.
When are these festivals celebrated?
This sanctuary celebration is generally held from February to April/May.
Attractions
The significant attractions of these sanctuary celebrations are bejeweled elephants, drummers playing music, and firecrackers.
One can likewise appreciate old-style music and move exhibitions that occur generally while celebrating diverse sanctuary celebrations in Kerala.
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Makaravilakku Festival
Makaravilakku is a yearly celebration held on Makar Sankranti in Kerala, India at the place of worship of Sabarimala.
The celebration incorporates the Thiruvabharanam (holy decorations of Lord Ayyappan) parade and an assembly at the slope sanctum of Sabarimala.
An expected a large portion of a million enthusiasts stream to Sabarimala consistently to have a darshan (vision) of this custom this day.
Lord Sri Rama and his sibling Lakshmana met Sabari, an ancestral lover, at Sabarimala. Shabari offered the Lord natural products after tasting them.
Yet, the Lord acknowledged them readily and entire heartedly. The Lord at that point turned and saw a celestial individual doing tapas. He asked Sabari what it’s identity was. Sabari said it was Sasta.
Rama strolled towards Sasta and the last rose up to invite Rama. The commemoration of this occurrence is commended on Makara Vilakku day.
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When is the Makaravilakku Festival celebrated?
14th January
Attractions
The Divya Jyothi can be seen from 9 better places while you are in Sannidhanam. Partaking in the Thiruvabharanam parade wherein the adornments of Lord Ayyapa are shipped from the Old Palace to Sabarimala is additionally a key component of this celebration.
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Christmas
With the expanding populace of Orthodox Christians in Kerala, Christmas is praised with incredible energy in Kerala, like how it is seen in the remainder of the world.
Despite a few well-known celebrations of Kerala, Christmas has its appeal and is perhaps the most established celebration in Kerala, going back to right around 15 centuries.
When is Christmas celebrated?
25th December
Attractions
Cathedrals, Christmas mass, and Kerala desserts characterize Christmas in Kerala.
Weather
December is somewhat nippy in Kerala, however not a very virus to permit the ranch of coniferous trees!
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