Painkuni Festival at Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple

Painkuni Festival at Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram will commence on 23 Mar 2018.The festival starts with kodiyettu, the hoisting of the ceremonial flag and concludes with Arattu, the ritualistic holy bath of the deity at Shangumugam beach on 01 Apr 2018 .
Apart from the daily rituals, there will be special processions, offerings and rituals on these days.
The grand arattu procession procession to the Shanghumugham beach on the concluding day is lead by the head of the royal family of erstwhile Travancore accompanied by members of the royal family, mounted police, drummers etc.

As part of the ten day festival, there will be performances of temple art form and other performing arts at the temple.  Kathakali performances will be conducted on all the days at Natakashala Mukhappu. The details of Kathakali and some of the art forms in the evenings at Thulabhaara Mandapam and Padinjare Nada Nritha Mandapam are given below.


23 Mar:
venue: Thulabhaara Mandapam
05:30 pm to 07:30 pm - Classical Music Concert by Padmanabhan S & Harisankar P

venue: Padinjare Nada Nritha Mandapam
06.00 pm -06.30 pm - Thiruvathirakkali by Malayala Brahmana Samajam.
06.30 pm - 07.30 pm - Bharatanatyam by Krishnakumari Amma.

24 Mar:
venue: Thulabhaara Mandapam
06.00 pm to 07:30 pm - Music Concert by Anil Kambilssery.

venue: Padinjare Nada Nritha Mandapam
05.00 pm -06.30 pm - Ottan Thullal by Viswakalakendram Chandran Nair & team.
06.30 pm - 07.30 pm - Dance Programs by Malar Cultural Association.

25 Mar:
venue: Thulabhaara Mandapam
06.00 pm to 07:30 pm - Mohiniyattam by Sitara Balakrishnan.

venue: Padinjare Nada Nritha Mandapam
05.30 pm - 06.00 pm - Mohiniyattam by Veena M.
06.00 pm -07.30 pm - Dance Programs by Malar Cultural Association.

26 Mar:
venue: Thulabhaara Mandapam
06.00 pm to 07:30 pm - Classical Music Concert by Thiru J Subrahmani.

venue: Padinjare Nada Nritha Mandapam
05.30 pm - 06.30 pm - Dance programs by Nataraj Dance Akademi.
06.30 pm -07.45 pm - Classical Dance Programs by M V Music School for Dance.

27 Mar:
venue: Thulabhaara Mandapam
06.00 pm to 07:30 pm - Classical Music Concert

venue: Padinjare Nada Nritha Mandapam
05.15 pm - 06.00 pm - Dance presentation by S Vidya, chembakassery.
06.00 pm -07.45 pm - Dance Programs by Pushpanjali School of Dance.

28 Mar:
venue: Thulabhaara Mandapam
05.30 pm to 06.00 pm - Thiruvathirakkali
06.15 to 07.30 pm - Mohiniyattam by Uma Tapasyananda.

venue: Padinjare Nada Nritha Mandapam
05.30 pm - 07.45 pm - Bharatanatyam by Kalaskhethra Parvathy Shyam , Kalakshethra Malavika.

29 Mar:
venue: Thulabhaara Mandapam
05.30 pm to 06:30 pm - Devotional Music
06.30 pm - 07.30 pm - MUsic Concert

venue: Padinjare Nada Nritha Mandapam
05.30 pm - 06.45 pm - Dance programs by Nrithyodaya School of Dance.
06.45 pm -07.45 pm - Dance Presentation by Jyotishmathi.

30 Mar:
venue: Thulabhaara Mandapam
05.30 pm to 07:45 pm - Flute Concert

venue: Padinjare Nada Nritha Mandapam
05.30 pm - 06.30 pm - Dance programs by Mahalakshmi & team.
06.30 pm -07.40 pm -  Dance Presentation by Rudrapriya School of Dance.

31 Mar:
venue: Padinjare Nada Nritha Mandapam
05.30 pm - 06.30 pm - Dance programs by Aparna Sharma & group.

Kathakali performances

Time: 10.00 pm; Venue: Natakashala Mukhappu.

Stories Performed

23 Mar: Rukminiswayamvaram.
24 Mar: Utharaswayamvaram
25 Mar: Kalyanasougandhikam.
26 Mar: Santhanagopalam.
27 Mar: Devayanicharitham.
28 Mar: Kuchelavrutham
29 Mar: Nalacharitham Onnam Divasam.
30 Mar: Balivadham
31 Mar: Kiratham.
01 Apr: Sreeramapattabhishekam.

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