Place : Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Date : 2nd - 10th October
Time : 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm 
Venue : Navarathri Mandapam, Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple   

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The ambience at the concert venue is something to be experienced to be believed. Perfectly balanced acoustics, lighting by oil lamps, the divine grace of the Goddess in whose honour the concerts are conducted, utterly disciplined and informed audience, the feeling of having travelled back in time by around two centuries.....the list is endless.

There are some restrictions though.

1) Only Hindus are allowed inside since it is a temple.

2) Men have to wear a mundu/veshti/dhothi and take off their shirts.

3) Everybody has to be seated by 6:00 pm at the latest.

4) Nobody can leave before the concerts finish.

5) The concerts start at 6:00 pm Sharp and finish at 9:00 pm Sharp this year, except on the last two days. (Please check out the timing for each day)

6) Since the concerts are done as offerings to the Devi and not as "Performances" there is no appalause.

7) Mobile phones are STRICTLY Forbidden inside.

8) The main krithi for each day is fixed. A speaker will be kept outside the steps of the Shree Padmanabhaswami Temple (Which is adjacent to the Navarathri Mandapam) for the benefit of those who wouldn't be prepared to follow all the restrictions listed above, but would still like to enjoy the concerts. A chunk of each concert would normally be broadcast by the All India Radio, Trivandrum on all days from 9:30 pm till 11:00 pm.