Art and cultural festival draws hundreds of people in Ramanathapuram

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The creation  and taste  festival successful  advancement  successful  Ramanathapuram connected  Saturday.

The creation and taste festival successful advancement successful Ramanathapuram connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: L. BALACHANDAR

Art and taste festival organised by the Department of Art and Culture connected Pongal festival holidays attracted a ample fig of radical successful Ramanathapuram.

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated the ‘Chennai Sangamam – Namma Ooru Thiruvizha’ successful Chennai connected January 14. Following this, from January 15 to 18, accepted people and classical creation performances were held astatine 20 nationalist gathering spots crossed Chennai.

As an hold of this, Pongal festivities featuring people arts were organised by the Madurai Regional Centre of the Department of Art and Culture astatine Ramanathapuram Amma Park for 2 days, connected January 16 and 17.

The lawsuit featured performances by the Marungan Naiyandi Melam troupe (Nadaswaram, Thavil, Karakattam, and Thappattam), the Vaigai Gomathi troupe (Amman/Kali dances and people songs), Nilachelvan’s radical (Sattaikuchi Aattam), and multi-genre people acts by the Sri Muthalamman Rural Art troupe.

On the 2nd day, performances included Thappattam by the Vimlesh troupe, Jimla Melam by the Ramar troupe, Mano Naiyandi Melam, and a operation of Oyilattam, Karakattam, and Silambattam by the Silamboli troupe.

A full of 120 artists performed accepted arts specified arsenic bull dance, Mayilattam (peacock dance), Poikkal Kudhirai (false-legged equine dance), Silambattam, and Marakkal Aattam. As the lawsuit coincided with the Pongal holidays, implicit a 1000 people—including children, students, and youth—attended daily.

Published - January 18, 2026 08:41 p.m. IST

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