Swathi Sangeethotsavam (Swathi Music Festival) is a week-long festival of music celebrating the compositions of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal. The festival is held from 6 to 12 January every year at the courtyard of Kuthira Malika

Kuthira Malika

Puthen Malika Palace , most popularly known as Kuthira Malika , is a palace built by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, on the south-eastern side of Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram.-Etymolgy:...

, Trivandrum. The event features Hindustani and Carnatic

Carnatic music

Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...

 classical music. The concerts are not ticketed. The festival is conducted by H.H. Sir Rama Varma Maharaja of Travancore Trust under the helm of Prince Rama Varma.

External links

• Maharaja Swathi Thirunal
• Prince Rama Varma
• Videos from Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2008
• Videos from Swathi Sangeethotsavam featuring Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna and Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty
• The Kuthiramalika Experience
• Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2002
• Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2003
• Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2005
• Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2006
• Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2007
• Video Clipping from Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2007
• Rama Varma on Swathi Sangeethotsavam: Hindu January 2008
• Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2008
• Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2009 report 1
• Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2009 report 2
• Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2010
• Podcast on Swathi Sangeethotsavam from Heart Beat Audio Travel Guide: January 2008
• Swathi Sangeethotsavam 2011