The main venue of the Thrissur Pooram is the Thekkinkadu Maidan, surrounding the Vadakkunnathan Temple. According to favorite local tradition, it was the first temple built by the sixth avatar of Vishnu, Parashurama. The temple, along with the mural paintings, has been declared as a national monument by India under the AMASR Act. The shrines and the Kuttambalam show vignettes inscribed in wood. Mural paintings highlighting various episodes from Mahabharata can still be seen inside the temple. Vadakkumnathan is the perfect and classic example of the architectural style of the then Kerala. This temple has huge walls on all the sides along with a kuttambalam. Vadakkunnathan Temple is a very ancient Hindu temple, which is dedicated to Shiva at the Thekkinkadu Maidan in Thrissur. There are various levels of people who are given the duty to design the umbrellas and the nettipattam. Everything that is being used in the festival is made fresh every year from scratch. There is something unique about this festival. He invited temples with their presiding deities to Thrissur to pay their due respect to Lord Vadakkunnathan, the presiding deity of the Vadakkunnathan Temple. Hearing this, he decided to unite the temples located around Vadakkunnathan Temple and prearranged the celebration of Thrissur Pooram as a mass festival.
Because of the embarrassment, the temples authorities raised the issue with Sakthan Thampuran. The regular participants of the Thrissur Pooram are the temples in and around the city.ĭuring the Aarattupuzha Pooram, many of the temples that came from Thrissur were not allowed for the Pooram procession during the year 1798 because of constant rains.
Before that, the largest festival was the one- day festival, which is held at Aarattupuzha, which is known as Aarattupuzha Pooram. The then Maharaja of Cochin (1790–1805), Raja Rama Varma who is also known by the name Sakthan Thampuran was the mastermind behind the starting of the Thrissur Pooram. On the day of Pooram in Medam of the Malayalam Calendar, the people all around the globe witness this enchanting pooram. The next day for the fireworks display will be announced after discussion with devaswoms and experts, according to the official release of the Collector.Thrissur Pooram is a grand, the largest and most famous of all the poorams held in Kerala, which happens outside the Southern gate of the Vadakkunnathan temple. Thrissur has been witnessing mild rain since Saturday afternoon. However, the Collector on Saturday postponed the fireworks once again as a red alert for rain was declared in the district. However, it was postponed again as Thrissur witnessed heavy rain throughout that day.Īs it is risky to conduct fireworks on wet ground, it was postponed once again until the climate turned favourable.Ĭiting the risk of storing the fully loaded fireworks for long, the devaswoms, after discussions with the District Collector, decided to conduct it at 6.30 p.m. The Thrissur Pooram fireworks, which traditionally is displayed in the early hours on the following day of the main Pooram, were initially postponed to the evening of the main Pooram day this year due to rain. The fireworks have been postponed for the third time on Saturday. Uncertainty continues to loom large over the Thrissur Pooram fireworks.
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