Breiner45
01-17-2009, 05:19 AM
Trichur pooram (http://www.keralaholidays.com/Destinations/Thrissur_-_Trichur.htm) is a cultural highlight par excellence, celebrated in the Malayalam month Medam (April/May) pooram nakshatram.
The two century old festival involves a procession of caparisoned elephants and percussion performances in an 36 hours marathon display between 6 a.m. to noon the other day. Thrissur Pooram is participated in by people across all barriers of religion and caste.
Before the advent of Thrissur Pooram, the largest temple festival during summer in Thrissur Taluk was the one-day festival held at Arattupuzha, 12 km south of the city. Temples in and around Thrissur were regular participants of this religious exercise until they were denied entry by a chief of the Peruvanam area of Cherpu, known for its Namboodiri supremacy.Raja Rama Varma (1751-1805), also known as Sakthan Thampuran the ruler of the Cochin state invited all these temples to bring their deities to Thrissur where they could pay obeisance to Lord (Sri) Vadakunnathan, the deity of the Vadakkunnathan Temple. He directed the main temples of Thrissur, Thiruvambadi and Paramekkavu, to extend all help and support to these temples. It is this historical background that determines the course of the Pooram program and it is specifically the ruler's antipathy to the Brahmin aristocracy to open Thrissur pooram for the common man.
Adhering to the medieval Peruvanam tradition, the festival is confined to the temples of Devi (goddess) and Sastha (divine combination of Shiva and Vishnu). Ten deities from the neighboring temples pay obeisance to the presiding deiety of Thrissur.
Principle participants are Paramekkavu and Tiruvambadi, close to the Vadakunnathan temple. Also participating and known as constituent Poorams are the suburban temples at Kanimangalam, Karamukku-Chiyyaram, Choorakkattukara-Amala, Laloor, Ayyanthole, Neithilakkavu-Kuttoor, Chembukkavu and Panamukkampilly-Eastfort Thrissur for a total of eight deities. The sprawling Thekkinkadu maidan, encircling the Vadakumnathan temple, is the main venue of the festival and usually known as Thrissur Swaraj Round.
The two century old festival involves a procession of caparisoned elephants and percussion performances in an 36 hours marathon display between 6 a.m. to noon the other day. Thrissur Pooram is participated in by people across all barriers of religion and caste.
Before the advent of Thrissur Pooram, the largest temple festival during summer in Thrissur Taluk was the one-day festival held at Arattupuzha, 12 km south of the city. Temples in and around Thrissur were regular participants of this religious exercise until they were denied entry by a chief of the Peruvanam area of Cherpu, known for its Namboodiri supremacy.Raja Rama Varma (1751-1805), also known as Sakthan Thampuran the ruler of the Cochin state invited all these temples to bring their deities to Thrissur where they could pay obeisance to Lord (Sri) Vadakunnathan, the deity of the Vadakkunnathan Temple. He directed the main temples of Thrissur, Thiruvambadi and Paramekkavu, to extend all help and support to these temples. It is this historical background that determines the course of the Pooram program and it is specifically the ruler's antipathy to the Brahmin aristocracy to open Thrissur pooram for the common man.
Adhering to the medieval Peruvanam tradition, the festival is confined to the temples of Devi (goddess) and Sastha (divine combination of Shiva and Vishnu). Ten deities from the neighboring temples pay obeisance to the presiding deiety of Thrissur.
Principle participants are Paramekkavu and Tiruvambadi, close to the Vadakunnathan temple. Also participating and known as constituent Poorams are the suburban temples at Kanimangalam, Karamukku-Chiyyaram, Choorakkattukara-Amala, Laloor, Ayyanthole, Neithilakkavu-Kuttoor, Chembukkavu and Panamukkampilly-Eastfort Thrissur for a total of eight deities. The sprawling Thekkinkadu maidan, encircling the Vadakumnathan temple, is the main venue of the festival and usually known as Thrissur Swaraj Round.