more-inPreparations for the annual music and car festival have begun at the heritage village Kalpathy here with experts launching the repairs of the chariot of Visalakshi Sametha Viswanatha Swami Temple. Renowned musicians have already been signed for the six-day music festival beginning on November 8. HistoryThe car festival is a major tourism and spiritual event in Malabar. The three satellite temples in the villages of New Kalpathy, Old Kalpathy, and Chathapuram also celebrate the festival. Cultural programmesDuring the car festival, vocalists, pipers, Nadaswara Vidwans and other artistes perform during the processions of the temple deities every night.

Source: The Hindu October 24, 2017 00:45 UTC