THRISSUR POORAM - ART AND CULTURE
News: Thrissur
Pooram celebrated with splendour
What's in the news?
● Revellers
packed the streets of Thrissur to soak in the festival spirit of Thrissur
Pooram, where religious ardour mingled with a carnival spirit.
● The
festival kept its promise to be picture perfect. It was religiously
conservative.
Key takeaways:
● Thrissur
Pooram signifies the symbolic meeting of
10 temples.
● The
Thiruvambadi and Paramekkavu Devaswoms are the main participants.
Thrissur Pooram:
● Thrissur
Pooram is an annual Hindu festival held
in Kerala.
● It
is held at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in
Thrissur every year on the Pooram day – the day when the moon rises with
the Pooram star in the Malayalam Calendar month of Medam.
● It
is the largest and most famous of all
poorams.
● Thrissur
Pooram was the brainchild of Raja Rama
Varma, famously known as Sakthan Thampuran, the Maharaja of Cochin
(1790–1805).
Features:
● The
Pooram is centred on the Vadakkunnathan Temple, with all these temples sending
their processions to pay obeisance to the Shiva, the presiding deity.
● The
Pooram officially begins with a flag hoisting ceremony (Kodiyettam).
● All
the participating temples of Thrissur Pooram are present for the ceremony, and
there is a light firework to announce the commencement of the festival.
● The
seventh day of the pooram is the last day. It is also known as “Pakal Pooram”.