Tattva Heritage Foundation has made a grant for the annual Tantrotsav Festival organised by Kalarigram. Tantrotsav is a three-week long festival organised during the month of Feb-March that culminates in a grand finale on the auspicious night of Mahāśivarātri. During these three weeks, some of the best artists, dancers, singers and musicians of India (and outside) gather in this sacred Kalari ashram to showcase and also teach their sacred art forms.

Tantrotsav 2022 includes performances of Odissi, Mohniyattam, Koodiyattam, Bharatanatyam and many other Hindu classical and Indian folk-dance forms by some of the finest exponents of the tradition.  One of the highlights of the festival is the performance of the multiple forms of Theyyam, a millennia-old ritual form of dance worship performed by certain communities of Kerala for the Goddess Bhagawati.     

Tantrotsav is the brainchild of Shri Lakshmanan Gurukkal, also the founder of Kalarigram. In just ten years, Tantrotsav has become one of the major events in our religious-cultural calendar where the sacred performing art traditions of India are presented with the authenticity and the reverence they deserve.  The festival reaches new heights each year under the able leadership of Shri Lakshmanan Gurukkal and we hope to continue to support it in the form of an annual grant.