This festival is a cultural showcase attracting significant attention. The cultural fest involves 1,500 performers from 75 groups, conducting shows across 50 unique art forms—such as Karagattam and ...

Such 50 artforms include Karagattam (folk dance), Kavadiyattam (dancing by carrying ... 2025 at the Ekambaranathar temple grounds here.

Artists will now receive Rs 5,000 daily. Encompassing 50 artforms such as Karagattam and Kavadiyattam, 1,500 artists, divided into 75 teams, are performing across 18 Chennai locations. The festival, ...

Over 250 artists will perform at the Ekambaranathar Temple grounds ... and the visual splendour of Kavadiyattam and Puraviyattam. Pavai and Dholpavai Koothu, and Kaniyan Koothu will evoke nostalgia.

The Karaikal Carnival 2025, organised by the Puducherry Government’s Tourism and Culture Departments, will be held from January 16 to 19 at the Karaikal Government Sports Complex and Karaikal Beach.

All participants showcased their talents and many of them won prizes. Various traditional arts such as Mayilattam, Oyilattam, Parai Isai, Kavadiyattam, Poykkal Kudhiraiyattam, and Maadaattam, along ...

The group had ventured into the sea on board a mechanised boat from the Karaikal harbour a couple of days ago. Sources in the Fisheries Department in Karaikal said the fishermen left the harbour ...

Kavadiyattam, Karakattam, Kalakali, Anakali, Mayilattam, Kattappattu, and various Nadan Kalikal (art forms) and folk songs. These performances highlighted the rich agricultural traditions and ...

A huge crowd gathered to collect free entrance tokens to visit the town’s Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple when the crush happened on Wednesday night. “The unfortunate incident … has claimed ...

The incident took place on Wednesday night after thousands gathered in the temple town of Tirupati in southern Andhra Pradesh state. Visuals showed a swell of people jostling while the tickets ...