Festival
The Feast of Vallarpadathamma is celebrated from 16 to 24 September every year. Pilgrims, thousands in number, come to Vallarpadam to participate in the Feast, especially on 24 September.
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—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 16:16,17.
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