palakkad the flag hoisting ceremony for the famous kalpathy ratholsavam temple car festival was held at the viswanatha swamy temple the main centre of the festival on saturday this time the ratholsavam will be conducted only as ritual at the temple due to the covid19 situationthe car festival and carnatic music festivals are among the major events in the festival circuit of malabar the car festival has become a major tourism attraction and the state government has been promoting it by organizing weeklong carnatic music festival by roping in well known musicians the event usually attracts a large number of foreign tourists to kalpathy the first heritage village of the state