Kerala airport to halt flights for centuries-old festival
The Trivandrum International Airport in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala will stop flight operations and rearrange its flight schedule on Saturday as part of a festival of the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple. It stops flight operations for five hours twice a year, when 'Aarattu' passes through its runway during the Painkuni and Alpassi festivals. 'Aarattu' is the ritual bath procession of temple idols. 