Pattambi Nercha

Pattambi, about 55 kms from Palakkad is famous for Pattambi

Nercha, the annual feast at the Pattambi Mosque. The feast is held in
memory of Aloor Valiya Pookunjikoya Thangal, a Muslim saint of
Malabar.

The festival is marked by a colourful procession of caparisoned

elephants, decorated floats and traditional musical ensembles like
the Thayambaka and the Panchavadyam. People from various places
flow in to take part in the rituals and celebrations. With colourful
serial lights and electric bulbs illuminating the town, the entire scene
is a feast to the eyes.

Along with the many rituals and offerings that are carried out as part
of the festival, various folk art forms like Duffumuttu and Kolkali are
also performed at the festival. By night, the procession ends on the
banks of the Bharathapuzha with the concerts rising to a crescendo.