Pattambi Nercha

Pattambi Nercha is a festival held at Pattambi Mosque Palakkad in memory of Aloor Valiya Pookunjikoya Thangal, a Muslim saint of Malabar. A grand procession of nearly 100 caparisoned tuskers, colourful floats, music concerts like Panchavadyam and Thayambaka, folk art forms etc. form the highlights of the festival. The procession concludes late at night on the banks of the river Bharathappuzha where the recital Panchavadyam rises to a crescendo and the art forms take on a spectacular magnificence.

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