Kerala festival calendar
The next 12 months, computed from the Malayalam calendar
The legendary snake-boat (chundan vallam) race on Punnamada Lake, Alappuzha.
Ancestral rites on Karkidakam new moon at Varkala, Aluva and other ghats.
Atham day opens the 10-day Onam season; grand procession at Thripunithura.
Kerala's harvest festival — the biggest celebration of the Malayalam year.
Krishna's birthday, celebrated with Uriyadi and balagokulam processions.
Children are initiated into letters; Saraswati puja concludes Navaratri.
Festival of lights — the Krishna Chaturdashi oil-bath morning.
India's biggest contemporary art exhibition, across heritage venues in Fort Kochi.
Year-end carnival at Fort Kochi culminating in the burning of Pappanji on New Year's Eve.
Celebrated across Kerala with carols, stars and cribs.
Makaravilakku at Sabarimala; the pilgrimage season's climax.
World's largest gathering of women for a festival, Thiruvananthapuram.
Malayalam astronomical new year — Vishukkani, Vishukkaineettam and fireworks.
The grandest temple festival in Kerala — caparisoned elephants at Vadakkunnathan.
Nakshatra-anchored dates (Onam, Pooram, Pongala…) are computed astronomically and can occasionally differ by a day from printed almanacs for edge cases — confirm with official temple announcements for travel plans. See today's panchangam.