Thrissur Pooram is the annual temple festival of the town of Thrissur in Kerala at India. It is one of the most colourful temple festivals of Kerala which attracts large masses of devotees and spectators from all parts of the State and even outside.
The annual Thrissur Pooram Festival celebrated in the extensive Thekkinkadu Maidan on the premises of one of the largest and ancient Shiva temples in Thrissur at Kerala. It Celebrated on the Pooram Nakshatram day in the Malayalam month of Medam (April – May). Thrissur Pooram is known as the pooram of all Poorams and the mother of all temple festivals in Kerala due to its unique style and its largest gathering of people to a single event from all parts of the Kerala and neighbouring states.
The main attraction of Thrissur Pooram is the processions of luxuriously decorated elephants from various neighboring temples, drum concerts, parasol exchanges, and magnificent spectacle with fireworks. The processions from Paramekkavu Bhagavathy from Paramekkavu Temple and Thriuvambadi Bhagavathi from the Thiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple are the most impressive processions in the Thrissurpooram. The celebrations of the Thrissur Pooram festival last for more than 36 hours.
The Thrissur Pooram festival starts in the early morning. The main participants of Trichur Pooram are the two devaswams – Paramekkavu and Thiruvambadi – the two rival groups who competes each other to make the fireworks display more colourful. A maximum of 15 elephants will be allowed to display by each group. Each party will try to get the best South Indian elephants and several kinds of artistic parasols will be raised on the elephants during the display. Panchavadyam (an orchestra of five instruments – Timila, Idakka, Maddalam, Ilathalam, and Kombu) is another major attraction of Thrissur Pooram festival with more than 200 artistes participates in the event. Pandemelam or Pandi Melam which starts at noon is another major event of Thrissur Pooram. The Thrissur Pooram Festival celebrations last till the break of dawn, the next day with magnificent display of fireworks by each group.
Thrissur Pooram is not simply a temple festival but a cultural highlight of Kerala participated by people across religion and caste.
Thrissur Pooram – the most colourful temple festival of Kerala.
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