Perinthalmanna to host travel literature festival

MALAPPURAM Roads may connect places, but the stories they leave behind connect people. Celebrating these journeys and experiences, writer Benyamin will curate a travel literature festival at the Town Hall in Perinthalmanna on Saturday (November 14, 2026). The festival, Travelit 26, is being organised by Valluvanadan Samskarika Vedi, Angadipuram. It will bring together writers, travellers and cultural figures under the theme ‘Stories told by roads and people’.

V. Musafar Ahmed, who has completed 40 years as a writer and traveller, will be felicitated at the event. Najeeb Kanthapuram, MLA, will inaugurate the day-long festival, with Mr. Benyamin presiding over the function.

Perinthalmanna municipal chairperson Pacheeri Surayya Farooq, block panchayat president Najma Tabsheera, and Cherukad Trust chairman V. Sasikumar will be guests. Writer Zakaria will deliver the keynote address on ‘Malayali’s travels’. This will be followed by a session titled ‘Suhra’s view of Everest’.