Attukal Pongala | The Feast of Millions | Bharatbala | Virtual Bharat | Short Film | Documentary

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Women from most households of Kerala step out of their homes. Fuelled by the faith in a goddess and carrying earthenware pots in their hands, they walk towards the streets of Attukal Temple in Thiruvananthapuram. The entire city comes to a grinding halt. For they make way for these millions of women, some of them visiting from other states, to come together for a celebration. It is the world’s largest women congregation that made it to the Guinness World Records.

This year as the pandemic restricts public gathering for the first time in history, Virtual Bharat brings to you the experience of the festival. A story of celebration, devotion, and feast prepared by millions of women.

Smoke billows from temporary hearths followed by tearful women swaying to the chanting of mantras. They howl shrilly as is the custom, invoke blessings of the goddess, and pray for the prosperity of their families. Millions of hearths are lit up from the main hearth of the temple and a collective spirituality is witnessed in this mega festival.

The earthenware pots are overflowing as Pongal, a combination of rice and jaggery is cooked and offered to the goddess, Attukal Bhagavathy.

Come enjoy the feast, this Attukal Pongala.

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► Credits:
Created by - Bharatbala
Director - Goutham Soorya
D.O.P. - Syamaprakash MS
Soundtrack – Varkey
Colorist – Abhijeet Deolekar
Editor – Christy Sebastian
Associate Director - Gopikrishnan S Kurup
Asst D.O.P. - Shyam Subrahmoniam
Drone Operator - Harikrishnan
Post Production Team – Sayan Debnath, Yash Khaire
Executive Producer – Lynette D’mello
Voice Over - Devaki Rajendran
Violin: Rithu Vysakh
Produced by: Studio Virtual Bharat
Post Production Studio: Open Mind
Production House: Bharatbala Pictures
Produced by: Studio Virtual Bharat

► For Studio Virtual Bharat:
Head of Production: Lynette D’mello
Studio Team:
Sayan Debnath
Vaishnavi Vasudevan
Aparna Sharma
Yash Khaire
Prakash Bamne
Kannan Rajaram
Hariharan
Murugesan
Ghanshyam Patil

► Project Virtual Bharat:
Hari Krishnan
Jawahar Sharma
Abhijeet Deolekar

► Featuring:
Special Thanks
Suresh Elamon
Attukal Temple Trust
Kerala Police
Sooraj Santhosh
Sayanora Philip
Krishna Radhakrishnan
Geetha Manjunath
Manjunath Sukumaran
Gouri Krishna
Malavika VN
Shanthi V
Deepu S
Romy Josen Xavier
Trivandrum Hotel, Statue
Sarwaa Cafe, Trivandrum
Department of Health

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