Attukal Pongala
Attukal Pongala is celebrated between 18-26 of February, at Attukal Bhagavati Temple. It is a ten-day festival. On the 9th day, women devotees prepare pongala made by cooking jaggery, coconut and banana as an offering to the goddess. The ritual starts early morning and ends by afternoon.

The Great Elephant March
The Great Elephant March is the greatest feat - a big time gathering of Indian tuskers set about a trip around Kerala- all decked up and ready to be worshipped and pampered by devotees and onlookers who choose to keep the elephants satiated since that according to their popular belief, keeps the Lord of wealth and wish fulfillment- Lord Ganesha satisfied. Incidentally, the Lord Ganesha has the head of an elephant. However, the Great Elephant March has little or no religious significance behind it. It is by and large an attempt to boost tourism and to attract foreign tourists who have quite a fad for Indian festivals and rituals.

Time of Great Elephant March
The Great Elephant March takes place every year from 17th to 20th January, and reaches Thiruvananthapuram on the fourth day.

Onam
Of all the festivals that are celebrated in the state of Kerala, it is Onam which is marked by the greatest of ostentation and ceremony. The ambience is colored with the same cheer that fills the people's hearts.

Time for celebrating the Onam
Onam is celebrated each year in the Malayalam Month of Chingam. This falls either at the end of the month of August or in the beginning of the month of September.

Paripally Gajamela
The Paripally Gajamela is celebrated at Paripally, 48 km to the north of Thiruvananthapuram. During this elephant fair over 50 elephants are taken out on a ritual procession on the tenth day of the festival.

Time of the Paripally Gajamela
The Paripally Gajamela is celebrated every year in February-March.

Vishu Festival
Vishu was originally not a Hindu festival. According to popular belief which finds equivalents in other societies as well, the first thing people see or do or experience, decides the average flavor of the New Year. People therefore try to spend the day in merry making and doing those things that are hailed as lucky.

Time of Vishu
The Vishu is celebrated on first day of Medam - the first month according to the Malayalam calendar which coincides with the month of April. This is the astronomical New Year Day when the sun crosses the equator.