Panchayat/ Municipality/ Edappal Panchayat Corporation LOCATION District Malappuram Nearest Town/ Edappal – 3.4 Km Landmark/ Junction Nearest Bus statio Edappal Bus Stop – 3.5 Km Nearest Railway Kuttipuram Railway Station – 4.6 Km statio ACCESSIBILITY Nearest Airport Calicut International Airport – 52.6 Km Sopanam School of Panchavadyam Valayamkulam, Kokoor – 679591 Contact: Director of Sopanam School Phone 1: +91-8086351794 CONTACT Phone 2: +91-8086044262 DATES FREQUENCY DURATION TIME May(To be advised) Annual 6 Days ABOUT THE FESTIVAL (Legend/History/Myth) Sopanam Vadyolsavam, Celebration of Rhythms, is an event featuring 35 musical ensembles of Kerala tradition along with Sopana Sangeetham and around 1000 traditional musical instruments. The festival marked its beginning in 2016 with the event held in the premises of Perumparamba Shiva Temple. The festival is organized by the Sopanam School of Panchavadyam, that has found place in the Limca Book of Records. International More than 50,000 RELEVANCE- NO. OF PEOPLE (Local / National / International) PARTICIPATED EVENTS/PROGRAMS DESCRIPTION (How festival is celebrated) Sopanam Vadyolsavam features 35 musical ensembles of Kerala tradition like Panchavadyam, Thayambaka, Cultural Procession Melappadam, Thimilayidachil, Mulavadyam, Para Sopana Sangeetham Vadyam, Thudikottu, Udukkukottu, Villukottu, etc along Exhibition of Musical with Sopana Sangeetham. The event begins with a grand Instruments cultural procession. Performances include some Costume Exhibition of innovated orchestras with traditional instruments like Performing Arts Edakka Vismayam, Vadya Samanwayam etc. Exhibition Photo Archives of Maestros of musical instruments, costumes of performing arts from Seminars Kathakali to Karimkali, photo archives of maestros from the past, seminars related to traditional musical instruments of Kerala etc. are part of the festival..