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((Short description|Annual Hindu temple festival in South India))
((more citations needed|date=July 2019))
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((Use Indian English|date=July 2019))
[[File:Kalpathy Radholsavam.jpg|thumb|200px|Kalpathi Ratholsavam ( മന്തക്കര)]]
'''Kalpathi (Kalpathy) [[Temple car|Ratholsavam]]''' (Kalpathi [[Chariot]] Festival) is an annual [[Hindu]] [[Temple]] festival in the [[Kalpathy]] of [[Palakkad]] in [[Kerala]] state, [[south India]]. The festival is at the [[Sri Visalakshi Sametha Sri Viswanatha Swamy temple]] where the [[deities]] are [[Shiva|Lord Siva]] (Lord Viswanatha) and his consort Visalakshi, another name for [[Parvati]].

The annual ten-day chariot festival conducted here during the month of November is one of the most remarkable festivals of Kerala. [[Veda|Vedic]] recitals and cultural programmes are held in the temple during the first four days of the festival. This is believed to be over 700 years old. On the last three days, thousands of devotees gather together to draw decorated temple [[chariots]] through the streets.

The ancient temple nestles by the banks of the Kalpathy river which is also known as the ''Nila'' river. The temple dates back to 1425. The similarities to the famous [[Varanasi]] Kashi Vishwanath temple on the banks of the Ganges in North India gives this temple the moniker: ''kasiyil pakuthi kalpathy''—Kalpathy is half Kashi. '''Kalpathi''' (Kalpathy), as the village or ''agraharam'' in which the temple is situated is known, is an early [[Tamil people|Tamil]] [[Brahmin]] settlement.

==How to get there==
* Nearest bus stand: [[Palakkad]] Stadium Bus Stand 3&nbsp;km
* Nearest railway station: [[Palakkad Junction]] - 3&nbsp;km
* Nearest airport: [[Coimbatore International Airport]] - 70&nbsp;km

Kalpathy Viswanatha swamy temple is the oldest Siva temple in Malabar. It was built around 1425 AD.by Kombi Achan, the then Raja of Palakkad. Legend has it that a Brahmin widow named Lakshmiammal went to Banaras and brought Lingam and installed in the present site on the Southern bank of river Neela Bhagirathi. The location of the temple and steps leading to the river brings mind of a visitor the Banaras Temples on the bank of Ganges. Hence this temple is called "Kasiyil Pakuthi Kalpathy" (Half Banaras). 
 
Kalpathy Car Festival is based on vedic Tamil Brahmin culture. The main centre of the festival is Kalpathy Sree Viswanathaswamy temple. The three satellite temples in the village of new Kalpathy, old Kalpathy and Chathapuram also celebrate the festival this period.

The festival is celebrated over a period of 10 days.

==The Festival==
The festival is conducted over a period of 10 days, usually 8 to 16 November. During this time, 6 chariots (rathas) from 4 temples of Kalpathy come together and circumvent streets of the villages in a grand procession. The 4+2 as follows: main chariot carrying Lord Shiva and additional 2 small chariots for his sons, Ganapathy and Murugan; chariots from the other 3 villages namely New Kalpathy with Lord  Ganapathy, Old Kalpathy with Lord Krishna and Chathapuram with Lord Ganapathy. This is known as 'devarathasamgamam'.

Thousands of devotees converge at Kalpathy and pull the chariot every year.<ref>((cite news |author=<!--Staff writer; no by-line.--> |title=കല്‍പാത്തി അഗ്രഹാരത്തെരുവുകളില്‍ ദേവരഥങ്ങളുടെ പ്രയാണം; ദേവരഥ സംഗമം വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച| url=https://www.manoramanews.com/nattuvartha/north/2018/11/14/kalpathi-ratholsavam-2018.html |work=[[Malayala Manorama]] |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=15 November 2018 ))</ref>

==2005 Pictures==
<gallery>
Kalpathy Car Festival.JPG
P1000525.JPG|Car Festival 2005
Kalpathy festival people.jpg|Devotees
Hindu Shrine deocarted during Kalpathy festival.jpg |Decorated Holy shrine
Kalpathy festival.jpg
</gallery>

==References==
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== External links ==
((commons category|Kalpathi Ratholsavam))

((Culture of Kerala |state=collapsed))
((Tourism in Kerala))

[[Category:Hindu festivals in Kerala]]
[[Category:November observances]]
[[Category:Festivals in Palakkad district]]

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