Kalpathi Ratholsavam
Kalpathi (Kalpathy) Ratholsavam (Kalpathi Chariot Festival) is an annual Hindu Temple festival
in the Kalpathi village of Palakkad
district in Kerala state, south India. The festival is at the Sri Visalakshi Sametha Sri Viswanatha Swamy temple where
the deities are Lord Siva (Lord Viswanatha) and his
consort Visalakshi, another name for Parvati.
This is believed to be over 700 years old.The Chariot Festival
is celebrated every year in the month of November. Over the years the festival celebrations have gained immense
popularity in the state of Kerala.
The celebrations at the festival includes Vedic recitals and cultural programs for the first four days and through the last three days Chariots for the Lord are decorated by devotees. Devotees from all across India gather here during the Festival.
The
festival is conducted over a period of 10 days, usually in the month of
November. During this time, 5 rathas of the 5 deities of Kalpathy village come
together and circumvent the village in a grand procession. This is known as
'devarathasamgamam'.
2016 Dates : November 8th - November 10th.
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