Ettumanoor Ezharaponnana Night Trip

Once a year at midnight, Ettumanoor temple shows its seven-and-a-half golden elephants — the Ezharaponnana darshan. Your own vehicle, a driver who waits through the night and a ride home after the 2 AM lamps. Event dates: ≈Mon 15 Feb 2027 · midnight darshan (Estimate — confirm with the temple / TDB).

Itinerary

• 9:30 PM — Pickup
  Home, hotel, Kottayam station, KSRTC stand or Cochin Airport.
• 10:00 PM — Drop near Ettumanoor temple
  About 12 km up the MC Road. Parking is on the bypass; walk to the west gate. (Walk the last stretch)
• Midnight — Ezharaponnana darshan
  The golden elephants are placed in the hall; queue along the barricades to see them. (Main moment · long queue)
• 2:00 AM — Valiya vilakku
  The great lamp ritual of the night, after the darshan. (Night ritual)
• 3:30 AM — Home
  Pickup at the meeting point; back home, to your hotel or the station.

Good to know

• 🐘 Ezharaponnana: Seven golden elephants about two feet high and one of one foot — 'seven and a half' — kept by the Ettumanoor Mahadeva temple. They are shown once a year, at midnight on the 8th day of the ten-day festival in Kumbham.
• 🚧 Roads & crowds: Police close roads around the venue on the main days. Your driver drops you at the nearest open point and you walk the last stretch. Agree a meeting point and time with the driver before you get out — phone networks jam in big crowds.
• 📅 Date: We expect the darshan on the night of Monday 15 February 2027; the festival closes with the arattu two days later. The temple fixes the night — we re-confirm before your trip.
• 🙏 Temple rules: Men: shirts off and dhoti; women: saree or churidar. Footwear stays in the vehicle. Kerala temples usually admit only Hindus inside; others can see the festival around the temple.

Included

• Private vehicle and driver for the day
• Door-to-door, in Kottayam or from your city
• Driver waits through the event — no waiting charge
• Driver bata (+ night allowance on late or 2-day trips)

Not included

• Food and stay
• Tolls and parking
• Offerings

What to carry

• Temple dress (dhoti / saree / churidar)
• Light shawl
• Water and snacks
• Phone, charged, with our number saved

Cancellations follow our cancellation & refund policy.

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