Mayurapathy Chariot Festival in Colombo

  -   Location: Sri Paththirakaali Amman Temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  -   When: July 2007
  -   Category- Annual Event
  -   For further Information contact: Sri Lanka Tourist Board, 80 Galle Rd, Colombo,
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Mayurapathy Chariot Festival in Colombo is one of the most famous and popular festivals in which hundreds of devotees come to witness the event with intense religious fervor. Colombo in Sri Lanka hosts many festivals ranging from the religious to the socio-political, but what is worth watching is the intensity of each celebration.

Features of Mayurapathy Chariot Festival in Colombo

  -   Mayurapathy Chariot Festival in Colombo is held at Sri Paththirakaali Amman Temple annually.
  -   The chariot procession participated by hundreds of Hindu devotees, begin from the temple during Mayurapathy Chariot Festival in Colombo
  -   The procession of chariots, dancers and devotes in Mayurapathy Chariot Festival in Colombo is carried throughout the day.
  -   One in a while when the chariots are stopped on the way so that people who participate as well as wait on the roads, can be blessed.
  -   These moments of halt in Mayurapathy Chariot Festival in Colombo are intensified by music being played with instruments
  -   You will be mesmerized by the awe-inspiring sights in which the men in a state of devotional trance dangle from the hooks.
  -   You will also find traditional dancers holding on to pots which are designed with Margosa leaves and performing during the festival.
  -   Pious folks also revolve on the road so that their wishes get fulfilled.
  -   Natives also believe that if women, who are still unmarried, pray during Mayurapathy Chariot Festival in Colombo, chances of their marriage are invoked.