Attukal Bhagavathy Pongala Festival: 25/02/2024 Attukal Pongala festial is a 10-day religious festival celebrated at the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram in the Indian state of Kerala. Attukal Pongala Festival will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2024 this year.

 

Attukal Bhagavathy Pongala Festival: 25/02/2024

Attukal Pongala festial is a 10-day religious festival celebrated at the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram in the Indian state of Kerala.  

Attukal Pongala Festival will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2024 this year. 

Attukal Temple is situated on the banks of the Killi River. The presiding deity is Goddess Bhagavathi Amman who is one of the forms of Goddess Parvati devi.

The ceremony is initiated on the auspicious day of Pooram or Purva Phalguni star.

The main significance is victory of good over evil. The ceremony is concluded in the evening by an aerial showering of flowers, and sprinkling of holy waters, by the temple priests, to honor the most benevolent goddess, Sri Bhadrakali. 

On the ninth day there is a huge gathering of millions of women on the temple surroundings. These women prepare a divine food made of rice in earthen pots and offer it to the Attukal Amma -- Goddess of the Temple. 

For the devotees, Attukal Devi is supreme power, capable of delivering all the wishes of her devotees. Several women devotees testify the supreme power of this shrine, and tell you how Attukal Devi has blessed them with progeny and wishes of bountiful life. 

This festival is marked as the largest annual gathering of women by the Guinness World Records. This temple is also known as the Sabarimala for Women.