Tattamangalam Kuthira Vela or Angadi Vela is a festival conducted in a small village called Tathamangalam in the Palakkad District of Kerala, south India. Kuthira means "horse" and Vela means "festival" in the Malayalam language. During the festival, a grant horse race is conducted by the local people.
Many volunteers are painted black with charcoal; these men, called Kari Vela, act as guards to manage spectators along the roadside during the race.
During Kuthiravela, thousands of people gather on both sides of the state highway 27 from KSEB office to Vettakkaruppan swamy temple.
See also Nemmara Vela, festival in India
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External links Kuthira Vela 2007 Photographs - 28 April 2007 TattaMangalam Kuthira Vela Photographs - close to 200 photographs are available More related Photos - Kerala festivals Photoblog TattaMangalam.com