Attukal Pongala is one of the important and popular festivals of Kerala. The 2023 Attukal Pongala will be held on March 7, 2023 (Tuesday). The Attukal Pongala takes place at the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple which is located at Attukal, Trivandrum. On the Pongala day, lakhs of women devotees visit the temple and prepares pongala as an offering to goddess Attukal amma. The pongala is prepared in pots. The pongala is prepared only by women devotees. A vast open area will be set up in front of the Attukal temple to prepare pongala. Attukal Bhagavathy Temple is called as the Sabarimala of Women.
Attukal Pongala festival has entered the Guinness book of world records for the largest women gathering festival in the world. A total of 2.5 million women were collected at the Attukal Pongala Festival in 2009. The booking for the Attukal Pongala festival is available online. Devotees can visit the official Attukal Bhagavati Temple Website (www.attukal.org) for booking. The devotees have a strong belief in Attukalamma (The Diety). The Attukal Pongala festival is celebrated for ten days. The festival will end with Kuruthitharpanam which is on the tenth day.
People from all over the world visit the temple on this day. Actors and actresses from Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada etc. come and prepare pongala. Various preparations have to be made before this festival as the crowd gathering for this event will be in huge numbers. People are advised not to use plastics and plastic bags while preparing Pongala. Viewers can watch the Attukal Pongala 2023 festival online on the official website. The telecast of the celebration will be available in most of the Malayalam channels on the pongala/ponkala day. People can get the complete details regarding the festival on the www.attukal.org website. Check out the Attukal Pongala 2023 date and online booking details below.
Attukal Pongala 2023 Date
Attukal Pongala will be held on Tuesday,7 March 2023.
Attukal Pongala 2023 Online Booking
The Pongala booking is available on the official website: www.attukal.org.
