THRISSUR POORAM
Centre of Activity: Thekkinkadu grounds
Held In: April/May
Main attractions: Kudamattam
Thrissur is best known for its mammoth
Pooram Festival, which is the most colourful and spectacular temple
festival of Kerala. The legends and myths behind each festival of Kerala
are many, varied and equally interesting. Since the word pooram literally
means a group or a meeting, it was believed that every year the dynastic
gods and goddesses of neighbouring province met together for a day of
celebration. This usually happened on the pooram asterism of one of the
spring months.
The gods and their entourage arrived for the meeting on colourfully
decorated tuskers. Even today, the converging of these divine processions
at the festival venue is an awe inspiring sight. The pooram draws to a
close with mind-blowing fireworks displays in the evening and in the wee
hours of the next morning. Some of the main Pooram celebrations are at
Aratupuzha, Thrissur, Uthralikavu, Cheeramkulangara, Pariyanampetta,
Mannarkad, Perumanam, Aryankavu, Mangottu, Medamkulangara, Kodikal,
Thirumandhamkunnu etc.
Thrissur Pooram is held in the Malayalam month of Medam (April- May).
Devotees and spectators from all parts of the state and even outside,
throng the 'Pooram'.
Introduced during the reign of Sakthan Thampuran (1775- 1790), the Raja
of Kochi, Pooram is an assemblage of suburban deities before the presiding
deity at the Siva temple in down town Thrissur.
The Pooram celebration is held at the Thekkinkadu grounds.
Traditionally, two groups representing the main geographic divisions of
Thrissur, Paramekkavu and Thiruvambadi,
rival to add to the Pooram's grandeur. Both teams field face to face
arrays of richly caparisoned elephants.
And then 'Kudamattam', a competition in the swift and rhythmic changing
of brightly coloured and sequinned parasols is conducted. The whole event
takes place in rhythm with the traditional orchestra 'Pandimelam'.
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