Swathi
festival is a gala event of music organised by the Government of Kerala every
year in the last week of January.
The venue is the famous Kuthiramalika Palace. Thiruvananthapuram, where once
upon a time the great poet-king of Travancore, Sri Swathi Thirunal, composed
many of his verses.
An august gathering of great maestros from all over the country celebrate Indian
classical music in all its variety and grandeur.