Festival celebrations ( Uthsavom )
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The annual festival usually falls during January/February ( corresponding to Makaram month ) and is spread over 8 days. The festival of the year 2012 is from 29th January to 5th February.
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The uthsavom starts with Kodiyettam( hoisting of the temple flag ) on the first day evening. On the seventh day there is Pakalpooram, when the deity is being taken out in procession with caparisoned elephants with Panchavadyam and finally terminating at Durbar Hall Ground after the famous Pandimelam and colourful fire works. On the final day around evening, in a solemn ceremony the flag is lowered and the deity is then taken for the Arattu ( holy bath ) in the nearby temple tank. After that starts the famous Arattu procession with the accompaniment of Panchavadyam. The procession terminates at Durbar Hall Ground. The grand fireworks then bring the curtain down to this weeklong festival. During all these days Sheeveli is arranged inside the temple and the best available Chendamelam artists are arranged for this. Special poojas connected with this festival are conducted everyday by famous priests from Chennose and Puliyannur Mana. A variety of cultural programmes are also arranged during these days. Special emphasis is given to promote temple arts like Ottanthuallal, Paatakam, Thayambaka, Kathakali, Classical dances, Classical music concerts, Bhajans etc. Annadanam is also arranged. Thousands of people throng the temple for witnessing these programmes. Watching the Pakalpooram and Arattu processions will be an unforgettable experience for anybody. The adjacent Durbar Hall ground becomes a beehive of activities during the Uthsavom. Various stalls are set up here selling consumer items. Some companies use this festival week to introduce or market their products.
Details of Uthsavom 2012 ( 1187 )
Melam : Peruvanam Satheeshan Marar & Party
Elephants : 1. Guruvayoor
Nandan 2. Thiruvambadi Shivasunder
3.
Mangalamkunnu Ganapathy 4.Thiruvambadi Cheriya ChandraShekaran
5.. Devaswom Girishan 6. Madhurappuram Kannan
7.
Shenoy Chandrashekaran 8. Thirumala Devaswom Gajendran
9.Edavanakadu Parameshwaran 10. Kanjirakadu Shekaran
11.
Devaswom. Sivakumar
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1 st day |
1187 Makaram 15 |
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5.00 AM onwards |
Parikalashabhishekam |
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'7.00 AM |
Brahmakalashabhishekam |
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9.00 AM onwards |
Sheeveli ;
Chendamelam Kootavedi Vazhipadu |
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6.30 PM onwards |
Bhajana Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Ernakulam Kodiyettom Kootavedi Vazhipadu |
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7.00 PM onwards DH Ground |
Ganamela Famous
playback singers |
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7.00 PM
onwards Northern side |
SangeethaKacheri |
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9.00 PM
onwards ( inside the temple) |
Kodipurathu Vilakku |
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2 nd
day |
1187 Makaram 16 |
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Inside the temple |
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10.30 AM |
Ottanthullal Sri. Kalamandalam Prabhakaran & Party |
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5.30 PM |
SangeethaKacheri |
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8.00 PM |
Thayampaka Sri. Cheruppulasseri Rajesh |
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9.30 PM |
Major Set Kathakali |
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Northern Side |
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5.30 PM |
Sangeetharchana |
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7.00 PM |
SangeethaSadass |
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7.00 PM (
DH ground ) |
Nirthasandhya |
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3 rd
day |
1187 Makaram 17 |
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Inside the temple |
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10.30 AM |
Ottanthullal Sri. Kalamandalam Prabhakaran & Party |
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5.30 PM |
Thiruvathirakali |
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7.30 PM |
Double Thayambaga Sri. Cheruppulasseri Jayan &
Sri. Vijayan |
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9.30 PM |
Major Set Kathakali |
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Northern Side |
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5.30 PM |
Sangeethakacheri |
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7.30 PM |
BhakthiGanamela |
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7.00 PM ( DH ground) |
Nirthasandhya |
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4 th day |
1187 Makaram 18 |
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Inside the temple |
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10.30 AM |
Ottanthuallal Sri. Kalamandalam Prabhakaran & Party |
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5.30 PM |
Sangeethakkacheri |
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7.30 PM |
Thayambaga Sri. Porur Unnikrishnan |
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Northern Side |
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5.30 PM |
Violin Kacheri |
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7.30
PM |
VadyopakaranaSangeetham |
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7.00 PM ( DH ground ) |
Nirthasandhya |
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5 th day |
1187 Makaram 19 |
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Inside the temple |
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10.30 AM |
Parayan Thullal Sri. Kalamandalam Prabhakaran |
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5.30 PM |
SangeethaKacheri |
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8.00 PM |
MadhalaThyambaga Sri. Kunisseri
Chandran & party |
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Northern Side |
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5.30 PM |
Ganamela |
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7.00 PM |
Sangeethakacheri Famous carnatic
musician Smt. Sudha Reghunathan
& party Chennai |
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7.00 PM ( DH Ground ) |
NirthaNirthyangal |
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6 th day |
1187 Makaram 20 Cheriya Vilakku |
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10.00 AM |
Uthsavabali Aarambham |
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12.30 AM |
Uthsavabali Darshanam Kootavedi Vazhipadu |
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Inside the temple |
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5.00 PM |
Ottanthullal Sri. Kalamandalam Prabhakaran & Party |
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8.00 PM |
Thayambaka Sri. Kaloor Ramankutty Marar |
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10.30 PM |
Cheriya Vilakku |
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Northern Side |
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5.30 PM |
Sangeethakacheri |
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Sangeethakacheri Famous
musicians Melody Brothers |
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7.00 PM onwards ( DH Ground ) |
NirthaNirthyangal |
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7 th day |
1187 Makaram 21 Valiya Vilakku |
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Inside the temple |
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11.00 AM
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Sheethakkan Thullal Sri.
Kalamandalam Prabhakaran & Party |
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12.30 AM |
Akshara sloka sadassu |
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5.30 PM |
Sangeetharchana |
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7.00 PM |
Sangeethakacheri |
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3.00 PM |
Pakalpooram Ezhunnallippu From Dewan’s road Major
Set Panchavadyam |
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7.00 PM ( D H road ) |
Kootavedi Vazhipadu |
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Northern Side |
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5.30 PM |
Sangeetharchana Music students of Kerala Fine Arts Society |
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7.30 PM |
Sangeethakacheri |
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6.00 PM ( D H ground ) |
Pakalpooram Aninirakkal Colourful Kudamaattam Pandimelam |
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8.30 PM ( DH ground ) |
Karimarunnu Prayogam |
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9.00 PM |
Ganamela Famous
Playback Singers |
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Inside the temple |
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11.00 PM onwards |
Valiya Vilakku Pallivetta |
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8 th day |
1187 Makaram 22 Aarrattu |
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Inside the temple |
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11.30 AM |
Aksharaslokasadassu |
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5.30 PM |
Bhajana Nair Sthri Samajam, Ernakulam |
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6.30 PM |
BhajanaSandhya Kerala Brahmanasabha, Ernakulam Nagarashakha |
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7.00 PM |
Kodiyirakkal AarrattuEzhunellippu KootavediVazhipadu ( DH road ) |
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Northern Side |
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5.30 PM |
Sangeethakacheri |
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7.00 PM |
Violin Kacheri |
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7.00 PM
( DH ground ) |
Nadanasandhya |
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9.30 PM onwards |
Aarrattuezhunellippu From east gate Major Set Panchavadyam |
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Dawn |
Pandimelam ( D H ground ) |
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3.30 AM |
Vedikkettu |
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Followed by |
Ezhunnallippu to temple KodikkalPara 25 Kalasham |