| Venue | – Navarathri Mandapam |
| City, Country | – Thiruvananthapuram, India |
Navarathri is one of the famous annual festivals celebrated in the Travancore Maharaja’s Palace during the first 10 days of the month of ‘Kanni’ (October) at Padmanabhapuram in Trivandrum, Kerala. The Navarathri Mandapam Festival steeped in tradition is a musical offering to the Goddess of learning and wisdom Saraswathi Devi. This Festival takes place in the Navarathri Mandapam, adjacent to the Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple of Trivandrum.
Musical concerts
Through out the festival musical concerts and Parishad of Sanskrit scholars would be held in the palace. Musicians usually sing the Navarathri Prabandham and other kuthanams in praise of the Goddess composed by Swathi Thirunal Maharaja. In this sangeetha archana an artiste can only perform a keerthanam composed by Maharaja Swathi Thirunal. The maestro had composed nine song in the ragas Shankarabharanam, Kalyani, Saveri, Thodi, Bhairavi, Panthuvarali, Shuddha Saveri, Nattakurinji and Arabhi and these are sung as the main piece on the nine days of Navarathri respectively. However, the Mangalam is sung only on the last day of the event.
How can we reach the Venue?
By Air: Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is located at Valiyathura 6kms from the city.
By Rail: The main railway station is the Thiruvanananthapuram Central station located at Thampanoor about one and half kilometres from the Venue.
By Road: Thampanoor is the main bus terminal in Thiruvananthapuram, about one and half kilometres from the Venue.
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