Kalpathi Ratholsavam

Kalpathy Ratholsavam (Kalpathy Car Festival) is an annual Hindu Temple festival in the village of Kalpathy, Palakkad, a district in the state of Kerala, India. The festival includes a locus of chariots from 4 different temples in Kalpathy, namely Sri Visalaksha Sametha Sri Viswanatha Swamy temple, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal temple, Manthakkara Sree Mahaganapathy temple & Chathapuram Sri Prasanna Mahaganapathy temple.

Kalpathy Car Festival is based on vedic Tamil Brahmin culture. The main centre of the festival is Kalpathy Sree Viswanathaswamy temple. The three satellite temples in the villages of new Kalpathy, old Kalpathy and Chathapuram are also participants in the festival.

The festival also features a Carnatic music festival held at Mani Iyyer Road, Chathapuram and routines such as Unchavrithi and Pancharatna Keerthan Aalapan are performed. There's also the vibrant sight of roadside stalls, which sell everything ranging from local delicacies to clothing items.

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