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SUMMARY:Chittur Konganpada
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20270320T090000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20270320T220000
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:OPAQUE
LOCATION:Chittur Festival Grounds\, Chittur\, Palakkad\, Kerala\, 678101
GEO:10.703;76.738
URL:https://app.eventifyplus.com/event/chittur-konganpada
DESCRIPTION:Chittur Konganpada is a distinctive annual festival held at Chi
 tturkavu Bhagavathy Temple in Chittur\, Palakkad district\, combining temp
 le worship\, folklore and a traditional narrative of warfare. The festival
  commemorates the victory traditionally attributed to the Nairs of Chittur
  over the Konganadu militia in 918 CE and is described by the Palakkad dis
 trict administration as a festival of historical importance. It is held in
  the Malayalam month of Kumbham\, generally during February or March\, on 
 the first Monday after the new moon. The celebrations begin with Chilambu\
 , a ritual associated with the legendary declaration of war\, followed by 
 a sequence of ceremonies that symbolically recreate aspects of the conflic
 t. The festival is particularly distinctive because of its martial imagery
  and ritualised enactments rather than conventional temple pageantry alone
 . Arippathattu marks an important stage in the traditional sequence\, whil
 e the procession of the temple oracle\, or Velichappadu\, forms another pr
 ominent part of the observances. Participants also take part in Kuttikolam
 \, a procession in which children are dressed in symbolic costumes and car
 ried on the shoulders of adults. The festival culminates in a dramatic ser
 ies of ritual enactments associated with the traditional war narrative. Me
 n wearing buffalo-head masks participate in mock fighting\, symbolising th
 e buffaloes said to have died in the legendary battle. The ritual sequence
  also includes Olavayana\, the ceremonial…\n\nEvent page: https://app.ev
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CATEGORIES:Festivals
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