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Photo: Special arrangement<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"article-body__in\">\n<div class=\"article-body__content\">\n<div class=\"mm-col-blk__in\">\n<div class=\"article-body__content-top\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"container-b9d5d7b683\" class=\"cmp-container\">\n<div class=\"mmcontainer\">\n<div id=\"container-238d7ff876\" class=\"cmp-container\">\n<div class=\"rtearticle text\">\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mandalam Chirappu festival in Ernakulam,\u00a0a get-together for bedridden children and their parents in Kozhikode, Christmas exhibition in Kottayam and\u00a0painting exhibition in Ernakulam are among the main events in Kerala on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><b>Thiruvananthapuram<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Thaikkad Ganesham: Surya Festival:<\/b> Lecture by Joseph C Mathew at 6.45 pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Kottayam<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Kottayam Kerala Lalithakala Akademi DC Kizhakkemuri Idam Art Gallery:\u00a0<\/b>“Where the Winds Sleep” \u2013 Art Exhibition \u2013 10.00 am.<\/li>\n<li><b>Thazhathangady Mar Baselios Mar Gregorios Orthodox Church:\u00a0<\/b>Commemoration Feast of Mar Bahnam Sahada (St. Behnam). Morning Prayer \u2013 5:30 am, Holy Qurbana \u2013 6:00 am, Evening Prayer, Rasa (procession) \u2013 6.30 pm.<\/li>\n<li><b>Vakathanam Vallikattu Dayara (Monastery):\u00a0<\/b>97th Commemoration Feast of His Holiness Baselios Geevarghese I Catholicos Bava. Holy Qurbana. Barsleebi Ramban Corepiscopa \u2013 6.45 am.<\/li>\n<li><b>Kalathipady YMCA Hall:\u00a0<\/b>Kalathipady YWCA’s Christmas Exhibition \u2013 8.00 am.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Ernakulam<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Fort Kochi Lottan Exhibition Hall:\u00a0<\/b>Painting exhibition ‘One Another \u2013 3’ organised by The Complete Art Kochi \u2013 10.00 am.<\/li>\n<li><b>Edappally Changampuzha Cultural Centre:\u00a0<\/b>Changampuzha Festival. P Susheela Navathi Pranamam \u2013 A musical evening tribute at 5.30 pm, Villadichan Pattu (a traditional art form) ‘Unniyarcha’ \u2013 6.30 pm.<\/li>\n<li><b>Ernakulam Shiva Temple:\u00a0<\/b>Mandala Festival. Dakshinamurthy Music Festival. Music concert led by Mithun Raj \u2013 6.30 pm.<\/li>\n<li><b>Vaduthala Pallikkavu Devi Temple:\u00a0<\/b>Mandalam Chirappu Festival. Chendamelam (traditional percussion ensemble) \u2013 6.30 pm, Chirappu Pooja \u2013 7.00 pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Kozhikode<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Kottukkulangara:\u00a0<\/b>Bhagavata Saptaha Yajnam, organised by the Bhagavat Seva Trust, at 6.30 pm.<\/li>\n<li><b>Francis Road, New Castle Auditorium:\u00a0<\/b>A get-together for bedridden children and their parents, organised by SSK Urban Resource Centre (South) in collaboration with Yuvatharangam, at 9.30 am.<\/li>\n<li><b>Lalithakala Akademi Art Gallery:\u00a0<\/b>Exhibition of puppets by the Centre for Puppetry and Performing Arts, at 11.00 am.<\/li>\n<li><b>Korampilakkatt Bhagavathi Temple:\u00a0<\/b>Mandala festival celebrations. 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