Attukal Pongala, celebrated in the month of February is the only temple festival in the world where women assemble together to make offerings by cooking a pudding for the goddess in the Attukal temple. It is taken home after the chief priest of the temple sprinkles the holy water and showers flowers.
Another most celebrated festival is the Thrissur Pooram Festival, which takes place in the month of May/June. It is a massive show with about thirty caparisoned elephants decorated with gold ornaments.
The most popular amongst all the festivals of Munnar remains the Nehru Trophy Boat Race held in the month of August. Pavilions are set up for the spectators on the banks and in the middle of Punnamada Lake the venue of the race. There are separate races for women and the race begins with a colorful pageant of floats performing arts and decorated boats and goes on late into the evening.
The festival of Onam in Munnar further brings life to the city. This festival lasts for ten days and involves singing, dancing, and feasting with religious ceremonies. The most exciting feature of the festival however, is the snake boat races held at several places on the palm-fringed lagoons.
