Iyyarappar Natyanjali Festival will be held at Iyarrappar Temple at Thiruvaiyaru near here in connection with the Mahasivaratri festival from March 12 to 14, according to Iyarappar Natyanjali Trust President V Gopalan.
In a press release here today, he said 38 dance troupes and 300 artistes would take part in the grand festival to be held at Thiruvokakka Mandapam before the sanctum sanctorum of the temple.
Temple would remain open throughout night on March 13, the Mahasivaratri Day, he added.
He said it was expected that an artiste from Paris, Koiniyo, called as Paris Lakshmi, would also take part in the Iyarappar Natyanjali this year.
Dr Muthkumarasamy Thambiran of Dharumapuram Adheenam would participate in the festival. Tamil Nadu Minister for Commercial Taxes S N M Ubayadullah would inaugurate the festival on March 12.
Union Minister of State for Finance S S Palanimanickam would participate in the festival on March 14,
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