Puthur-Vela
puthur vela annual festival puthur thirupuraikkal bhagavathy temple °n °e﻿ located puthur kerala india temple house goddess karnaki believed incarnation goddess parvathi temple famous locally attracts several hundred devotee every year kadhana vedi firecracker set pm every day evening pooja festival conducted month april festivity last week malayalam month meenam corresponds march–april western calendar flag symbolizing beginning festivity hoisted first friday meenam subsequent evening filled devotional programme bhajans carnatic music concert highlight festival include kathakali performance artist traditional temple art like ottam thullal chakyar koothu recent addition crowd draw puthur sree thirupuraikkal music dance festival festival indian classical music dance last week depending number artist engaged performance singer like k j yesudas omanakutty hariprasad chaurasya hariharan ustad amjad ali khan aman ayan ali khan jayachandran mano k chitra l subramaniam kavitha krishnamoorty mg sreekumar vijay yesudas jayachandran pandit jasraj shankar mahadevan balamuraleekrishna udith narayanan sadhana sargam vijay prakash karthik naresh iyer unni menon anuradha sriram venugopal unnikrishnan pankaj udhas sithara manjari gayathri dancer like lakshmi gopalaswami mallika sarabhai padma subramaniam shobhana manju warrier performed previous year awardwinning blind artist named vijayalakshmi performed rudra veena onestringed instrument played pressing piece wood strategic location string audience moved tear seeing grit talent festivity end final vela day grand procession deity decorated elephant goddess accompanied ten eleven decorated elephant procession accompanied keralas traditional orchestra panchavadyam pandimelam temple flag brought day vela signify end festivity way sultanpet puthur kilometer mi ramanathapuram graamam ganapathi temple sri krishna temple shivan temple