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Fairs & festivals: |
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Jan-Feb |
Makara Vilakku at Sabarimala, Great
elephant marches at Trichur & Trivandrum. and the Village fair near Kovalam. |
| Feb-Mch |
Utram festival at Tripunithura,Sivaratri
at Alwaye,Tripunithura.Flavour -Nishagandhi fest: Trivandrum. |
| Mch-Apr |
Kodiyettu,Ashtami festival & elephant
race at Guruvayur. |
| Apr-May |
Pooram at Trichur,Arattupuza,Vishu
Vilakku at Sabarimala & Kannur. |
| May-Jun |
Sankaracharya jayanthi at Kaladi. |
| Jun-Jly |
Boat race & processions at Ambalapuzha. |
| Jly-Aug |
Nehru Trophy boat race at Alapuzha. |
| Aug-Spt |
Onam national festival & tourist week,
boat race at Alapuzha,Aranmula & Kumarakom. |
| Spt-Oct |
Krishna Jayanthi at Guruvayur,Mahanavami
all over Kerala. |
| Oct-Nov |
Mandalam festival at Sabarimala,Ashtami
at Vaikam. |
| Nov-Dec |
Ekadasi festival at Guruvayur,Sivagiri
festival at Varkala. |
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Trichur Pooram. |
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This is one of the most spectacular and
colourful festivals of Kerala introduced during the reign of
Sakthan Thampuram (1775-1790) the King/Raja of Cochin. It takes
place in the cultural capital of Kerala ie; Trichur city.There is
a temple of lord Siva(Vadakkunathan temple) in the centre of the
city.It is surrounded by extensive grounds(Thekkinkadu grounds)
where the festival takes place it is during the Malayalam month of
Medom(April/May) on POORAM asterism - the day is the mythological
birth day of Devi (goddess) who comes and visits Lord Siva on that
day to pay her respects to him. There are several Devi temples in
and around Trichur that take part in the festival.The main rival
groups are Thiruvambadi and Paramekkavu who participate in
friendly rivalry.The goddesses are brought in procession on
colourfully decorated elephants to the accompaniment of drums,
cymbals, horns & pipes.There will be drum ensembles which play for
a couple of hours and attract a large crowd of connoisseurs.
Around 200 drums play together and it is a wonder that they
perform without a single mistake in their strokes on the drums.
The biggest attraction for the common man is the display of FIRE
WORKS (pyrotechnics) in the evening and early morning next day.Sky
rocket burst spreading multicoloured light.The elephants carry
brightly coloured parasols that are changed frequently. The
various deities arrive on elephants numbering from one to fifteen.
In the evening the participants of the 2 important sides
Thiruvambadi & Paramekkavu compete to enhance Pooram‘s grandeur.
Both teams field face to face arrays of richly caparisoned
elephants with each side having fifteen elephants. Then “Kudamattam”,
a competition in the swift and rhythmic changing of brightly
coloured and sequined parasols is conducted.The sight of
fifteen+fifteen parasols on both sides of attractive colours is
wonderful. Actually the festival lasts for about 36 hrs .
There is some thing to watch all the time. There are similar
festivals in various temples in this area during this season.They
are also very attractive,though not as massive as Trichur Pooram.
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