THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The next year’s Attukal Pongala festival will begin on March 1 and the finale of the festival will be on March 10. The Pongala will be on March 9. The pongala hearth will be lit at 10:20 am and ‘nivedhyam’ will be at 2:10 pm.

On the first day, the kappu kettu and kudiyiruthu will be held at 9:30 am.

The Kuthiyottam penance will start on the third day at 9 am. On March 9 at 7:30 pm, there will be Chooralkuttu. Purathezhunnallipu will take place at 10:30 pm. Kappazhippu will be at 9:20 pm on March 10. The festival will come to end on the day with Kuruthi tharppanam at 12:30 pm.