Fairs & Festivals of Cochin

Celeberated to commemorate the legendary victory of the Raja of Kochi, the festival of Attachamayam is held on the eigth day of the Malayalam month of Chingam, which usually falls in August or September.

The Harvest Festival of Kerala, is one of the most popular one too. The harvest festival is the most popular festival of Kerala.

Held annually in the last week of the year in Fort Kochi, this merry making feast is observed to welcome the New Year.

The rolling backwaters of Kochi are all the more inviting for this grand gala held in the last week of December as a final touch to its spectacular Tourism Fair.

It is believed that the Jews of Kerala migrated here in the 1st after the second temple of Jerusalem was destroyed in 72 AD. The Jewish community settled mainly in and around Mattancherry, Kochi and brought with them the Jewish customs and festivals.

A feast is held at the famous Catholic Church at Malayatoor on the Sunday after Easter to commemorate the visit of the great apostle, St. Thomas.