The What, How, Why, When, Where, and Who guide to events , things to see and do in kerala.
All year round activities

Ride an Asian elephant


Visit museums

Monthly events

January

Erumeli Petta Thullal , Makaravilakku festival Sabarimala temple

Makaravilakku Festival, Sabarimala temple

Arthunkal St andrews cathedral festival

Valluvanad festival season lasting four and a half months

kerala school youth festival ( kalaolsavam)

Flower show

Annual festival at Sree Parthasarathy Temple at Aranmula

Thazhathangady Heritage Festival, kottayam

February

Festival at Sreevallabha temple tiruvalla
Maramon Christian Convention the largest christian congregation in asia.
Guruvayur Anayottam (elephant race) at guruvayoor temple
10-day festival of the Guruvayur Sreekrishna Temple
Attukal pongala ( largest annual congregation of women in the world)
Thyagaraja Utsavam 2011
Chinakkathur Pooram
Machad Mamangam -important festival of Central Kerala-, at Thiruvanikkavu temple

March

Ettumanur Mahadevar Temple festival
Arattupuzha pooram the oldest and biggest temple festival in kerala
Varanad devi temple festival
Chettikulangara devi temple (kumbha bharani) festival
Kavasseri Pooram
Annual Padayani festival at the Bhagavathikunnu Devi temple at Elanthoor
thirunnakara pakal pooram (festival)
Annual festival at the Malayalappuzha temple

April
Valiya padayani

May

Thiruvandoor elephant festival
Koodalmanikyam temple festival

June ( malayalam month -edavam- mithunam)
Monsoon season
Ochira kali , parabrahma temple ochira, kollam
National Mango Festival
Thiruvathira njattuvela
Monsoon tourism carnival - splash

July ( malayalam month mithunam- karkidakam)

Snake boat racing season
Champakulam boat race
Malyalam month of Karkkidakam, time for spiritual sojourns and pilgrimages ( July 17-August 16)
Karkkidam - malayalam month ( july - august ) is an ideal time for ayurvedic rejuvenation treatments
Anayootu - ritualistic feeding of elephants
Nalambala Darsanam
Karkida Vavu Bali
August ( malayalam month - Karkidam- chingam)
Ashtamirohini vallasadya

Illam Nira ceremony

Nehru trophy boat race, punnamada kayal alappuzha (second saturday of august every year) (was on August 13, 2011)
Chingam first ( beginning of the malayalam year)

September (malayalam month- chingam - kanni)
Onam festival
Boat racing season
Karuvatta snake boat race
Rajiv Gandhi Boat race
Kayamkulam Boat Race
Payipad boat race
Aranmula boat race

Pulikkali ( tiger play)
Manarkaud St marys church festival ( sept 1st -8th)

Soorya Music and Art festival, asia's largest culture festival

Neelamperoor Padayani, Pally Bhagavathi Temple,
Pillere Onam
Irupaththiyettaam Onam 28th onam, sree prarabrahma temple ochira
October

Wildlife week
Navarathri Festival
Vidyarambham (initiation ceremony to learning)
Panachikadu Dakshina Mookambika temple National Festival for Music and dance

November
November 1, kerala state formation day
Malayalam Language week celebrations
Sabarimala Sree Aiyappa temple annual pilgrimage season.

December
Beginning of temple festivals in kerala
Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple, Thripunithura , eight-day Vrischikolsavam

Utsavam 2011 2012 year long performance of traditional arts of kerala across the state.