Nemmara and vallangy are two neighbouring
towns in the south part of Palakkad district ,
which is in the valley of Nelliyampathi hills.
The green carpet of paddy field will turn to the
festival ground in the first week of April. The
festival falls on 20th of 'Meenam' according to
the Malayalam Calendar (2nd or 3rd of every
April).
The 'Kodiyettam' (starting) will be
celebrated on 'meenam 1st' every year. The
celebration continues for the first 20 days of
'meenam', and on 20th day the Vela festival
will be celebrated. The annual Vela festival,
celebrated by Nemmara and Vallangi villages
after the paddy harvest, is famous for its
display of fireworks and caparisoned
elephants.
This is the Festival of Colours, Art forms,
Firework, Elephants. Panchavadyam, Pandi
Melam are the cultural arts forms of Kerala
which performed here with its best players of
the state. Each desom will make large
infrastructure called 'anapanthal', using
bamboo and wood and will electrified using
small bulbs which makes more beauty to the
festival. The finest elephants of Kerala will join
in the procession in two sides. The
caparisoned elephants from two desoms will
come to Nellikulangara temple to meet
Nellikulangara Bhagavathy. The firework is one
of the major attraction of the festival, which
holds the best place among other festivals in
Kerala. This festival is like a competition
between the two desoms Vallanghy and
Nenmara, and that makes the spirit of Vela
festival. The people from different states and
also from other countries are coming here to
enjoy the fantasy of the festival.
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