Pattambi Nercha
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.
Celebration Trends And Rituals
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.