Athirampuzha Church Feast

The annual feast at St. Mary’s Forane Church, Athirampuzha is being held from 19th January to 1st February 2010. The event is a gigantic one with lacs of people visiting the place during the feast days and especially on the two main days – 24th and 25th January.

The photos are from the 25th.

The church illuminated

Procession ending. On the final day.

Another view of the same

Back end of the church, illuminated

Illumination at Athirampuzha Market Junction

Another view of the same illumination

Next time, we’ll try shooting the famous fireworks display. Let’s see it battling against stuff like these (London New Year fireworks).

1st Thazhathangady Heritage Fest Starts 15th

Update: The 2nd edition of Thazhathangady Heritage Fest is on 28th, 29th & 30th January 2011.

Kottayam’s Western suburb – Thazhathangady is now one among Kerala’s Heritage Zones (declared by the Govt. of Kerala). And to celebrate this, Kottayam West Club have organized “Heritage Fest”, a 3 day event.

Dates: 15,16,17 January 2010
Venue:  Boat race course and the banks
Time: 3 pm to 9 pm
Entry: Open to all

Pedal-boating &  house-boating, water sports, cultural programmes and naadan food joints – all three days.

Attractions

  • 15th, Friday
    Fireworks – Chinese style
  • 16th, Saturday
    Aerial Acrobatics test run featuring 4 Suryakiran fighter planes
    Fireworks – Kottayam style
  • 17th, Sunday
    Aerial Acrobatics featuring 9 Suryakiran fighter planes
    Fireworks – Thrissur style

Here are three (freshly shot) photos of the venue.

We’ll be there and will bring you as much stuff as we can. Watch the tag: heritagefest10