Festival
Indian Dance Festival (Mamallapuram Dance Festival)
For about a month each winter, Tamil Nadu Tourism stages evening performances of Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathak, Odissi, Mohiniyattam, Kathakali, and Tamil folk forms against the floodlit monuments. The 2025-26 edition ran 21 December 2025 to 19 January 2026, performances 5:30 to 8:30 pm; exact dates are announced by Tamil Nadu Tourism late in the year.
