Schedule of Art performances to be staged during Guruvayur Temple Festival 2018


As part of the temple festival at Srikrishna temple at Guruvayur, commonly known as 'Guruvayur Ulsavam',  many art performances are staged outside the temple complex.  This year, Guruvayur Ulsavam is from 27 Feb to 08 Mar 2018. Many religious rituals  and ritualistic arts are performed inside the temple complex as part of the festival. The stage performances outside the temple complex include Kathakali, Krishnanattam, Kutiyattam, Nangiarkoothu, Mizhavu thayambaka, Mohiniyattam, Bharathanatyam, Kuchippudi, Tholpavakoothu, Pulluvanpaattu, Kaikottikkali, Thiruvathirakkali, Ashtapathi, Nadaswaram,  and instrumental and vocal musical concerts. Most of the days the performances are from early morning to late night. The following are the programme schedule as published by the temple authorities. 

Venue: Poonthanam Stage, Melpathur Auditorium, Guruvayur, Thrissur district, Kerala.
The following are some of the cultural shows staged in connection with the festival at Guruvayur Sreekrishna temple.



27 Feb:
08.30pm- Kathakali
Start with Thodayam and the stories played are Nalacharitham Randam divas am and Narakasura Vadham (Uthara Bhagam).
Presented by P S V Natyasangam, Kottakkal along with Padmasree Kalamandalam Gopi, Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan and others.

28 Feb:
06.00am-07.00am- Ashtapathi- Nelluvai Krishnankutty Mara (vocal) and Nandakumar Irinjalakkuda (Edakka)
07.00am- 09.00am- Nadaswaram
10am- 03.00pm- Ottan thullal,  Thiruvathirakkali,  Kaikottikkali and Pulluvan paattu
03.00pm- 04.30pm- Guitar concert
04.30pm- 06.00pm- Classical dance recital by Poojitha Krishna, Hyderabad
06.00pm- 8.00pm- Ashtapathiyattam by Kalamandalam Sheeba Krishna Kumar, Directed by Guru Chemachery Kunjhiraman Nair.
08.00pm- 10.00pm- Classical dance by Ramya Nambeesan
10.00pm -11.00pm – Thabla concert


01 Mar:
06.00am-07.00am- Ashtapathi- Prof. Kalamandalam Achuthan, Kalamandalam Vishnu, Thiruvilwamala Hari (Edakka)
07.00am- 09.00am- Nadaswaram- Thrirukkarukavoor Brothers (Elavarasan TDS & Gourisankar TDS)
10am- 6pm- Thiruvathirakkali, Devotional music concert, Kaikottikkali, Kathaprasangam (Story telling), etc.
06.00pm- 08.00pm- Classical Music Concert by Kunnakkudi M Balamuralikrishna
08.00pm- 10.00pm- Fusin music concert with the instruments Veena (by Rajesh Vaidya), Harmonium, Key board (both by Prakash Ullyeri), Mrudangam (Palakkad Mahesh Kumar), Tabla (Mahesh Mani)

02 Mar:
06.00am-07.00am- Ashtapathi- Vishnu Suresh & Vaidehi Suresh, Kannan Varrier (Edakka)
07.00am- 09.00am- Nadaswaram- K A Velmurukan & K A Ammayappan
10.00am- 06.00pm- Thiruvathirakkali, kaikottikkali, Devotional music, dance etc.
06.00pm- 07.30pm- Classical Dance by Seetha Sashidharan, Bharatha kalanjali, Payyannur
07.30pm- 09.30pm- Gujarathi Folk dance by  Nrithya kalakendram, Ahammedabad
09.30pm (late night)- Krishnanattom  presented by Kshethra Kala Nilayam, Guruvayur.

03 Mar:
06.00am-07.00am- Ashtapathi- by N P Ramadas
07.00am- 09.00am- Nadaswaram by Vadavoor krishnamoorthy & Vadavoor Dinesh Kumar
10.00am- 04.30pm- Thiruvathirakkali, kaikottikkali, Devotional music, chakyarkoothu etc.
04.30pm- 06.00pm- Jugalbandi9musical fusion) by Kottakkal Madhu, V R dileepkumar & party.
06.00pm- 07.30- bhajans
07.30pm- 10pm- Hinductani Music Concert by Pandit Ojesh prathap Singh, new Delhi and team
10.00pm- 11.00pm- Bharathanatyam by Nithyashree, Ernakulam.

04 Mar:
06.00am-07.00am- Ashtapathi- Pradeep Vadakkeppattu, Guruvayur
07.00am- 09.00am- Nadaswaram – Maruthorvattam Babu, Pattazhi Prabhath and Vadavathoor Akshay krishnan
10.00am- 04.30pm- Dance, Mizhavil thayambaka (P K Unnikrishnan Nambiar, P K Hareesh Nambiar), Nangiarkoothu (Vani Vasudevan) etc.
04.30pm- 06.00pm- Mohiniyattam by Adv. Rashmi Menon, Chennai
06.00pm- 08.00pm- Kutiyattam (Story: Anthaka Vadham  directed by Padmashree P K narayanan Nambiar)
08.00pm- 10.00pm- devotional music concert by Vidhu Prathap & team.


05 Mar:
06.00am-07.00am- Ashtapathi- Ramakrishnan Guruvayur
07.00am- 09.00am- Nadaswaram by Vettikkavala Sashikumar & Aranmula Sreekumar
10.00am- 06.00pm- Music concert, kolkkali, Thiruvathirakkali, kaikottikkali, dance etc.
06.00pm- 08.00pm- Dance concert by Paris Lakshmi and Pallippuram Sunil
08.00pm- 10.00pm- Musical fusion by Kuzhalmannam G ramakrishnan & team.

06 Mar:
06.00am-07.00am- Ashtapathi- M P vinod guruvayur
07.00am- 09.00am- Nadaswaram- Pollachi D Kathireshan & Shoolakkal M Chandrasekharan
10.00am- 04.30pm- Thiruvathirakkali, kaikottikkali, dance etc.
04.30pm- 06.00pm- Classical Dance Concert by Kalamandalam Hymavathi & team
06.00pm- 08.00pm- Kuchipudi by Sreelakshmi Govardhan, Irinjalakkuda
08.00pm- 10.00pm- Fusion on Bhajans by Sabareesh Prabhakar & team
10.00pm-11.00pm- Tholpavakoothu- by Viswanatha Pulavar & team, Kunathara.

07 Mar:
06.00am-7.00am- Ashtapathi-by Vellattu Pradeep
07.00am- 9.00am- Nadaswaram by Mambalam M K s Natarajan  & Mambalam M K S N Manikandan.

08 Mar:
06.00am-07.00am- Ashtapathi- by Jayakrishnan Nedungadi, Guruvayur
07.00am- 09.00am- Nadaswaram- Amoor Venkitesh & Neelakandan
10.00am- 6.00pm- Thiruvathirakkali, kaikottikkali, Devotional music, dance etc.



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