On Tuesday, in front of the Church of the Paradekava as part of the “Pakalpooam” ceremony, the key events leading to the Thrissur Pooram festival, they ranked on Tuesday in front of the Church of Paradekav on Tuesday on Tuesday. Thrissur Poarram was widely considered one of the most popular and amazing festivals in Kerala and is celebrated every year in the Malaysian month of Medam (April – May). The festival contains more than 100 beautifully decorated elephants and attracts visitors, including foreign tourists who flock to the city to witness a great spectacle. | Photo Credit: KK Mustafah
As the trumpets screamed, the drums thundered, and the richly decorated elephants walked in the royal procession, Thrissur again threw his head into the pulsating madness of the Poarram again.
On Tuesday, the crowds filled every street, sweeping in the pulsating energy of Poarram. Unique in its grandeur, rituals and celebrations, Thrissur Paarram attracts thousands of devotees and spectators from all over the world. It is a fascinating fusion of sacred ceremonies, traditional performances, dazzling fireworks and majestic elephants shows.
Thrissur Poram, celebrated in the Malaysa Moon Medam, means a symbolic suppression of the deities of several temples of families in the region. The main participants of the 36 -hour festival are deities from Paradekav and Thiruvambady. However, eight other temples involved are Ayyant, Karumukka, Lalur, Neymalakava, Korakkattukara, Chembukkava, Kanimalam and Panamuukumpilly. The process of these temples is known as Cherorpoams. The idols of these 10 temples are in Poram Days promote Sree Vadakkunnathan.
Carefully choreographic festivities on Tuesday started with Ezhunnellipu (parade) Kanimangalam Shasta in the morning to the temple of Vadakkunnathan, accompanied by traditional percussion ensembles that were repeated through the streets. Followed by parades from other temples involved.
People in Parram are as iconic as its visual elements. Ilanjitithara Melam, who held under the Ilanji tree on the Vadakkunnathan campus and the famous Mapathil of Warava Thiruvambady are the most sought -after melams. Percussion continues late into the night and returns again for “Night Edition”, where the whole procession is played under the stars.
Kudamattam
Fifteen elephants from each devswom-thiruvambady and paradekavu-with-the-face dressed in the face of the Gopura Nada, their gold capacity shone under the setting sun. It is a majestic kudamattam, an exchange of umbrellas stopping the show. Complicated parasols-some traditional, some modern and LED illuminated-shells revealed in rapid succession, each more sophisticated than the last and sending the crowd to collective trance.
No festival in Thrissur is complete without fireworks-a parram brings it in the style of jaw descent. Both devswoms compete to overcome each other in a pyrotechnic brilliance. But the main fireworks light up the sky only at dawn in the middle and keeps the excitement burning to the very end.
Poarram will end on Wednesday with Upacharam Choli Piriyal, a ceremonial farewell, where the idols of Thiruvambady and Paradekkava Bhagavathis return to their arms. The last hurray, Pakal Potam, often called “in the home”, welcomes those who could not testify to the spectacle of the previous day – offer the last chance to soak in the splendor.
And then it’s over. Elephants retreat, drums fall down, parasols fold down. But in the hearts of every lover of Paarram, countdown has already begun.
Next year, the same place, the same passion – Thrissur will grow again to celebrate.
Published – May 6, 2025 20:06
