Manorama Hortus Kochi 2025: Ticket Price, Timings, Exhibitions

Malayala Manorama is organizing a new Art & Literature festival called Manorama HORTUS in Kochi, Kerala. The festival is named after an ancient plant book called Hortus Malabaricus from the 1600s.

The event is set to take place from November 27- November 30, 2025 at Subhash Park, Kochi. The festival will happen across eight different locations near the beach.

Manorama Hortus Kochi Highlights 

Particulars	Details
Hortus Dates	November 27 - November 30, 2025
Timings	10 AM - 9 PM
Venue	Subash Park, Kochi, Kerala

Manorama Hortus Ticket Price

You can get free entry to the event. You have to register yourself  on the website for free entry. However, this doesnt include entry to any paid event. You have to buy tickets for those events seperatly. 

You can also buy premium entry tickets that gives access to reserved seating, kits etc. check ticket prices and booking link below: 

Ticket Price

Category	Prices	Inclusions
PREMIUM	₹1000 (Early Bird) ₹1200 (Regular)	Full festival access, reserved seating, printed festival schedule, festival book, festival kit (on-site pick-up)
FREE ENTRY	Free	Access to general festival areas (Does not include paid events)

Hortus Festival – Event Schedule Table

Thursday, November 27 – Event Schedule

Timing	Event Name	Speakers	Ticket Price
11:00 AM – 01:00 PM	Zero Waste Kitchen (English Session) By Chef Velton Saldanha	Chef Velton Saldanha	Rs. 250
11:00 AM – 01:00 PM	Ripe for Change: A Banana Tasting Experience Concept by Edible Issues	Tansha Vohra In Conversation with: Shruti Tharayil	Full
02:00 PM – 04:00 PM	Map the Wild: A Guided Walk & Board Game (English Session)	Shruti Tharayil	Full
03:00 PM – 05:00 PM	Dispatch From the Future: Imagining Insects By Tansha Vohra	Tansha Vohra	NA
06:00 PM – 07:00 PM	Shamik Chakrabarti Live	Shamik Chakrabarti	Rs. 250

Friday, November 28 – Event Schedule

Timing	Event Name	Speakers	Ticket Price
11:00 AM – 01:00 PM	Lanthan Batheriyile Biriyanikal – Biryani & Conversations	N. S. Madhavan In Conversation with: Bony Thomas	Rs. 250
03:00 PM – 05:00 PM	The Body & Food Workshop	Shubhra Chatterji	Rs. 250
06:00 PM – 07:00 PM	Azeem Banatwalla Live	Azeem Banatwalla	Rs. 250

Saturday, November 29 – Event Schedule

Timing	Event Name	Speakers	Ticket Price
11:00 AM – 01:00 PM	Dispatch From the Future: Fermented Future By Payal of Kobo Fermentary	Payal Shah	Rs. 250
11:00 AM – 02:00 PM	Video Game Writing Workshop By Studio Oleomingus	Dhruv Jani Anant Jani Studio Oleomingus	Rs. 399
02:00 PM – 04:00 PM	Ripe for Change: A Banana Tasting Experience	Tansha Vohra Shruti Tharayil	Full
03:00 PM – 05:00 PM	Dispatch From the Future: Climate Crops	Radhika Khandelwal	Rs. 250
06:00 PM – 07:00 PM	Tarang Hardikar Live	Tarang Hardikar	Rs. 250
07:00 PM – 10:00 PM	Indian Ocean Live	Indian Ocean (Band)	Rs. 399
07:00 PM – 10:00 PM	Ubu Roi (Malayalam Drama)	—	Rs. 199

Sunday, November 30 – Event Schedule

Timing	Event Name	Speakers	Ticket Price
11:00 AM – 01:00 PM	Eating with History Interactive Session	Tanya Abraham	Rs. 250
02:00 PM – 04:00 PM	Map the Wild: Guided Walk & Board Game	Shruti Tharayil	Rs. 250
06:00 PM – 07:00 PM	Niveditha Prakasam Live	Niveditha Prakasam	Rs. 250
07:00 PM – 10:00 PM	‌യേശുദാസിന് ഹോർത്തൂസിൻ്റെ ആദരമുദ്ര Tribute to K. J. Yesudas	Multiple Singers (Tribute Lineup)	Rs. 399

Manorama Hortus Online Booking Link

You can register for free entry or book your seats for paid events from the links given below:

Particulars	Link
Free Entry	Register Here
Premium Entry	Book Here
Paid Events	Book Here

Manorama Hortus Speakers List

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Ali Fazal	Chef Velton Saldanha	Indra Das	Prashant Reddy Thikkavarapu
Alina Gufran	Cherayi Ramadas	Indian Ocean	Raji Sourani
Amish Tripathi	Chitrakshi Jain	Ita Mehrotra	Raj Ganpath
Aman…(Anand)	Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Justice	Jeet Thayil	Radhika Khandelwal
Amitabha Bagchi	Devesh Kapur	Justice S Muralidhar	Ravi Shankar Etteth
Anand Neelakantan	Dhruv Jani & Studio Oleomingus	K Rekha	Rollo Romig
Anant Jani	Dhirendra K. Jha	Krupa Ge	Rodrigo Blanco Calderón
Appupen	D. Y. Chandrachud, Justice	Latha	Sabin Iqbal
Arundhati Ghosh	Dr K R Sajitha	Manu Joseph	Santanu Bhattacharya
Arvind Narrain	Dr K Sreekumar	Manu S Pillai	Shruti Tharayil
Arvind Subramanian	Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar	Maria Reva	Sindhu Rajasekaran
Ashok Vajpeyi	Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar	Megha Rao	Sneha Iype
Azeem Banatwalla	Indian Ocean	Meena Kandasamy	Sowmiya Ashok
Bony Thomas	Indra Das	Michel Nieva	Sunny M Kapikkad
Chef Velton Saldanha	Ita Mehrotra	Naresh Fernandes	T Padmanabhan
Chitrakshi Jain	Jeet Thayil	Natasha Brown	T. Udhayachandran, IAS
Dhruv Jani & Studio Oleomingus	Justice D. Y. Chandrachud	Niveditha Prakasam	Tarana Husain Khan
Dhirendra K. Jha	Justice S Muralidhar	Nnedi Okorafor	Tarang Hardikar
Dr K R Sajitha	K Rekha	N. S. Madhavan	Tanya Abraham
Dr K Sreekumar	Krupa Ge	Perumal Murugan	Tansha Vohra
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar	Latha	Pilar Quintana	Uttama Kirit Patel
Indian Ocean	Manu Joseph	Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew	Vaishali Shroff
Indra Das	Manu S Pillai	Prakash Raj	Vinil Paul
Ita Mehrotra	Maria Reva	Prakash Varma	V Shinilal
Jeet Thayil	Megha Rao	Radhika Khandelwal	Yann Martel
Justice D. Y. Chandrachud	Meena Kandasamy	Ravi Shankar Etteth	Vinil Paul
Justice S Muralidhar	Michel Nieva	Rollo Romig	V Shinilal
K Rekha	Naresh Fernandes	Rodrigo Blanco Calderón	Yann Martel
Krupa Ge	Natasha Brown	Sabin Iqbal	Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew
Latha	Niveditha Prakasam	Santanu Bhattacharya	Prakash Raj
Manu Joseph	Nnedi Okorafor	Shruti Tharayil	Prakash Varma
Manu S Pillai	N. S. Madhavan	Sindhu Rajasekaran	N. S. Madhavan
Maria Reva	Perumal Murugan	Sneha Iype	Perumal Murugan
Megha Rao	Pilar Quintana	Sowmiya Ashok	Pilar Quintana
Meena Kandasamy	Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew	Sunny M Kapikkad	Rodrigo Blanco Calderón
Michel Nieva	Prakash Raj	T Padmanabhan	Sabin Iqbal
Naresh Fernandes	Prakash Varma	T. Udhayachandran, IAS	Santanu Bhattacharya
Natasha Brown	Radhika Khandelwal	Tarana Husain Khan	Tansha Vohra
Niveditha Prakasam	Ravi Shankar Etteth	Tarang Hardikar	Uttama Kirit Patel
Nnedi Okorafor	Rollo Romig	Tanya Abraham	Vaishali Shroff