Malayalam Calendar (also known as Malayalam Era or Kollavarsham or Kollam Era) is a solar and sidereal calendar used in Kerala, India.
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The last two days of the festival feature Panchavadyam (sacred music from an orchestra of five instruments), and the festival ends at the Thiruvonam asterism.
It ends with an "Aaraatt",which falls on a Rohini star day in the Malayalam month of Meenam, when the deity is taken out of the temple, and is dipped in water, in the nearby Graamam in the Neyyar river.
The Pooram festival begins with the Karthika asterism and concludes with the Pooram asterism of the month of Meenam according to the Malayalam calendar (corresponding to the sun sign Pisces according to the Julian Calendar) to honour Kamadeva, the god of love.
Dhanu is also name of the month in the Malayalam Calendar, mainly used by people of Kerala state in India, women celebrate Thiruvathira in this month.
Theyyam rituals in northern Kerala usually begin in the month Thulam of the Malayalam calendar and end by Edavapathy month, after the Theyyam performance of Kalarivatukkal Bhagavathi at Valapattanam Kalarivathukkal temple.