Festival at Kottakkal Viswambhara Temple - Art & Cultural programs

The annual festival of Kottakkal Viswabhambara Temple will be conducted from 10-16 April 2018. Various rituals, temple arts and classical art forms like Chakyarkoothu, Ottanthullal, Kathakali, Mohiniyattam, Music concerts etc are performed here on these  seven days.The temple belongs to Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala, a specicialised centre for Ayurveda & traditional medicines, and people of all religion can enter the temple premise. It is situated at Kottakkal town in Malappuram Dt. of Kerala (India). Nearest railway station Tirur is approx. 16km away.



The festival details:

Date - 10-16 April 2018
Venue:  Kottakkal Viswambhara Temple, Kottakkal, Malappuram district, Kerala.

Daily Performances on these days

06.15 am -Ashtapadi by Mattannur Sreejith .
07.30 am - 10.00 am : Ezhunnellippu, Nadaswaram.
From 2nd day onwards,
10.00 am - 11.00 am - Padakam by Panivadathilakan Padmashri P K Narayanan Nambiar.
01.00 pm - 02.30 pm: Ottanthullal by Kalamandalam Nikhil.
02.30 pm - 04.00 pm: Chakyarkoothu by Pothiyil Narayana Chakyar.
04.00 pm - 06.00 pm: Ezhunellippu.
06.00 pm - 06.45 pm: SandhyaVela
Overnight Kathakali performances (except first and last day)

Day 1 - 10 Apr (Tuesday):

07.30 am - 10.00 am : Ezhunnellippu, Nadaswaram.
10.00 am - 11.00 am : Chakyarkoothu
12.30 pm - 01.30 pm: Ottanthullal
01.30 pm - 02.30 pm: Padakam, Presented by: Panivadathilakan Padmashri P K Narayanan Nambiar.
02.30 pm - 06.30 pm: Ezhunellippu, Panchavadyam, Melam.
06.30 pm - 06.45 pm: SandhyaVela
06.45 pm - 10.00 pm: Nadaswara Kacheri (Music Concert on Nadaswara)
Presented by: Guruvayur Murali.Special Thavil: Yazhpanam Sreekanth & Swamimalai Gurunathan.
10.00 pm - 01.00 am (next day): Thayambaka
Presented by: Thriprangode Parameswara Marar, Chovvallur Mohanan.
01.00 am - 01.30 am (11 Apr): Keli, Kombupattu, Kuzhalpattu.
01.30 am - 04.00 am (11 Apr): Panchavadyam, Melam.

Day 2 - 11 Apr (Wednesday):
Special performances
06.45 pm - 09.00 pm: Bharatanatyam; Presented by: Kalakashethra Vineetha.
09.00 pm - 10.00 pm: Thayambaka; Presented by: Kallur Ramankutty Marar.
10.00 pm - 10.30 pm: Keli, Kombupattu, Kuzhalpattu, (Orchestration with traditional instruments) Ezhunellippu.
From 10.30 pm (overnight): Kathakali with Purappadu,
Stories: Kalyanasougandhikam, Keechakavadham.
Presented by: PSV Natyasangam Kottakkal along with Sadanam Krishnankutty, Kottakkal Chandrasekhara Warrier, Naripatta Narayanan Namboothiri, Kalamandalam Rajasekharan, Kalamandalam Anil Kumar, Kalanilayam Unnikrishnan, Kalanilayam Rajeev, Kurur Vasudevan Namboothiri, Kalamandalam Vijayakrishnan, Kalamandalam Krishnadas, Kalamandalam Prakashan & others.

Day 3 - 12 Apr (Thursday):
Special performances
07.00 pm - 08.00 pm: Thayambaka by Kellenkulangara Achuthankutty Marar.
08.00 pm - 09.00 pm: Keli, Kombupattu, Kuzhalpattu, Ezhunellippu.
From 09.00 pm (overnight): Kathakali with Purappadu & Melappadam,
Stories: Kirmeeravadham, Balivadham.
Presented by: PSV Natyasangam Kottakkal along with Padmashree Kalamandalam Gopi, Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboothiri, Kalamandalam Krishnakumar, Sadanam Bhasi, Kalamandalam Shanmukhan, Kalamandalam Hari R Nair, Kalamandalam Arun Warrier, Pathiyur Sankarankutty, Sadanam Sivadasan, Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan, Kalamandalam Raman Nambuthiri, Kalamandalam Narayanan Nair & others.


Day 4 - 13 Apr (Friday):
Special Performances
06.45 pm - 10.00 pm: Kathak performance by Athira Giridharan.
Presented by: Sruthy Sagar (Flute), R Rahul (Violin), N C Bharadhwaj (Mridangam), S Krishnan (Ghatam).
10.00 pm - 11.00 pm: Thayambaka by Manjeri Haridas.
11.00pm-11.30 pm: Keli, Kombupattu, Kuzhalpattu, Ezhunellippu.
From 11.30 pm (overnight): Kathakali.
Stories: Bakavadham.
Presented by: PSV Natyasangam Kottakkal along with Kalamandalam Balasubrahmanian, Margi Vijayakumar, Kalamandalam Babu Nambuthiri, Kalamandalam Vishnu, Kalamandalam Balaraman, Kalamandalam Balasundaran, Sadanam Jithin, Kalamandalam Rajnarayanan & others.

Day 5 -  14 Apr (Saturday):
Special Performances
06.45 pm - 09.00 pm: Flute Concert by A K Raghunathan.
Edapally Ajith Kumar (Violin), Palakkad Mahesh Kumar (Mridangam),Vazhapally Krishnakumar (Ghatam).
09.00 pm - 10.00 pm: Thayambaka by Mattannur Sankarankutty Marar.
10.00pm-10.30 pm: Keli, Kombupattu, Kuzhalpattu, Ezhunellippu.
From 10.30 pm (overnight): Kathakali.
Story: Utharaswayamvaram.
Presented by: PSV Natyasangam Kottakkal along with Kottakkal Nandakumaran, Kalamandalam Krishnaprasad, Dr Haripriya Namboothiri, Kalamandalam Hareesh, Sreerag Varma, Sadanam Ramakrishnan, Kalanilaym Udayan Nambuthiri & others.

Day 6 - 15 Apr (Sunday):
Special Performances
06.45 pm - 09.00 pm: Mohiniyattam by Vinitha Sreenandan.
09.00 pm - 10.00 pm: Thayambaka by Panamanna Sasi.
10.00pm-10.30 pm: Keli, Kombupattu, Kuzhalpattu, Ezhunellippu.
From 10.30 pm (overnight): Kathakali.
Stories: Nalacharitham Nalam Divasam, DuryodhanaVadham.
Presented by: PSV Natyasangam Kottakkal along with Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan, Kottakkal Vasudevan Kundalayar, Vellinezhi Haridas, Renjini Suresh, Kottakkal Vengeri Narayanan, Kottakkal Unnikrishnan, Kalamandalam Sankarawarrier & others.

Day 7 - 16 Apr (Monday):
Special performances
07.30 am - 10.00 am: Ezhunnellippu, Nadaswaram.
10.00 am - 11.00 am: Padakam.
Presented by: Panivadathilakan Padmashri P K Narayanan Nambiar.
01.00 pm - 02.30 pm: Ottanthullal
02.30 pm - 04.00 pm: Chakyarkoothu
Presented by Pothiyil Narayana Chakyar.
04.00 pm - 06.00 pm: Ezhunellippu.
06.00 pm - 06.45 pm: SandhyaVela
06.45 pm - 10.00 pm: Music Concert by Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal),
Vittal Rangan (Violin), Anantha R Krishnan (Mridangam), S Krishna (Ghatam).
10.00 pm - 11.00 pm: Thayambaka by Killikurissimangalam Sreehari.
11.00 pm-12.30 am (next day): Keli, Kombupattu, Kuzhalpattu, Ezhunellippu.

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