PATTAMBI NERCHA
Celebrated In: Palakkad, Kerala
Centre of Activity: Pattambi Mosque
Held In: First Week Of February
To Commemorate: Aloor Valiya Pookunjkoya Thangal
Centre of Activity: Pattambi Mosque
Held In: First Week Of February
To Commemorate: Aloor Valiya Pookunjkoya Thangal
The
annual feast of the Pattambi Mosque situated 61 kms from
Palakkad, falls in the first week of
February. About 70- 80 tuskers are lined up for the festival.
Throngs of believers from all corners of the state attend this festival,
which is held in memory of Aloor Valiya Pookunjkoya Thangal - a Muslim
saint of South Malabar.
The town is illuminated brilliantly and a pageant replete with
traditional musical ensembles like 'Panchavadyam'
and 'Thayambaka'
is taken out in the night. Various art forms get under way on the banks of
the river Bharathappuzha.
