Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.333
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.333
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MĀMĀṄKAM. Māmāṅkam was a very important national festival of Kerala. This festival used to be conducted on the sandy beach of Tirunāvāya. It represented the crowning ceremony of the sovereign of Kerala. There used to be a grand assembly of all the artistes of Kerala. There was an exhibition of the arts, trade and commerce of the land attracting a huge crowd of people from different parts of Bhārata. Scholars believe that the word Māmāṅkam is derived from the Sanskrit word “Mahā-