Neelamperoor Padayani

Neelamperoor  Padayani is one of the most famous and oldest among the Padayani’s in Kerala. It is held at Palli Bhagavati temple Neelamperoor, Alappuzha which is considered to be around 1700 years old. It is believed that Neelamperoor temple follows a Buddhist culture. Neelamperoor Padayani is the only kind of Padayani which makes effigies of swans and other mythological characters than using masks and headgear. The grand festival is conducted on Goddess birthday on Malayalam asterism Pooram star. The main attraction of the festival is the Kettukazhcha which is the display of beautiful effigies of swans and mythological characters like Bhima, Ravana etc.  The main tourist attraction is that the effigies are made with stem of plantain, tender leaves of coconut, lotus leaves etc. The Padayani celebration starts right after the Onam ie on Avittam asterism and continues till the Pooram asterism.