Navarathri Sangeetholsavam

Navarathri is a nine-day Hindu festival celebrated in the month of September or October. In India, the festival is celebrated differently in different regions like in northern states as Dusshera, Durga puja etc. The final day of Navarathri honour Goddess Saraswathi. In Kerala, 3 days of Navarathri is celebrated as the Saraswathi pooja in which books, musical instruments etc are placed for pooja.

Navarathri Sangeetholsavam is a nine-day music festival conducted at Navarathri Mandapam at the Fort Palace complex in Thiruvananthapuram annually. The main attractions of the music festival are the compositions of former Maharaja of Travancore and composer Swathi Thirunal. The whole stage is decorated with oil lamps. The earthen pots are hanged upside down with the help of coir ropes which helps in audio quality to act as sound reflectors.