Kerala is always counted as the center of tourist attractions. And the attraction is even more when it is the time for Nenmara festival celebration.

Nenmara festival is another name for the Nenmara Vallangi Vela. It is basically all about a joint invocation of the Nellikkulangara Bhagavathy, Vallangi villages and Nenmara people. The festival begins with a flag hoisting ceremony popularly called Kodiyettam. The Nenmara festival usually begins on 23rd of March. During Nenmara festival the tourists get the chance to participate in various folk arts like Karivela, Andivela and Kummatti. And hundreds of tourists gather to witness the Nenmara Vallangi Vela spectacle which is considered to be the second most colorful one after Thrissur Pooram.

The Nenmara festival is usually celebrated in Nellikkulangara Bhagavathy Temple in Nenmara of Palakkad district. It is very easy to reach Nenmara as the Palakkad rail station is just 40 Km away from the celebration venue, Coimbatore airport is just 55 kms away from the venue and Cochin Intermnational Airport is about 120 Kms away from the temple.

People of Kerala along with the tourists get into the mood of Nenmara festival and the craze continues for 20 days. The concluding day is believed to be the most auspicious day of the festival and it is on this day when the colorful spectacle is conducted. According to the legends the patron deities of two villages, Vallangi and Nenmara get to meet each other on this auspicious concluding day. The spectacle of 30 tuskers wearing glittering jewels who gather under bright colored canopies within the temple premise is truly memorable. And all these celebrations come to an end in the next morning and the closing is marked by brilliant fireworks.

So, if you are in Kerala during Nenmara, do pay a visit to the temple and do not miss the spectacle.

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