Thrissur Pooram Festival 2023 Date, Time, Origin & Celebrations
The Thrissur Pooram is the most well-known of the Pooram celebrations and has been held for more than two centuries. The celebration features a stunning procession of decorated elephants and mesmerizing percussion performances over the course of 36 hours, from 6 a.m. until noon the next day. The festival is undeniably a visual and auditory delight.
Unlike the majority of other temple festivals, Thrissur Pooram is attended and conducted by people of all religions and castes. According to the Malayalam calendar, Thrissur Pooram is held during the month of Medom. It occurs in the months of April and May.
Thrissur Pooram Date 2023
Monday 1st May 2023
Pooram Nakshathram Starts – 3:30 PM on 30-April-2023
Pooram Nakshathram Ends – 5:51 PM on 1-May-2023
History of Thrissur Pooram
Sakthan Thampuran, the Maharaja of the former Cochin State, created this celebration in the late eighteenth century; it is currently the most popular festival in Kerala, with the largest fan base from all over the country.
Celebrations on Thrissur Pooram
Two rival organisations representing the two divisions of Thrissur Paramekkavu and Thiruvambadi celebrate the Pooram Festival by challenging and pledging to outdo each other with a more spectacular fireworks show. Each group is permitted to exhibit no more than fifteen elephants. The groups leave no stone left in their pursuit of the finest elephants and parasols in South India to adorn the elephants. The festivities begin early in the morning and continue until daybreak the next day.
The parade of Thiruvambadi Pooram to the Vadakkumnatha Temple grounds and back is not only vital, but also highly energising, with the amazing and mesmerising effect of the Panchavadyam, a combination of five percussion and wind instruments, to be felt and appreciated.
In addition to the great elephant march, percussion, and musical acts, the pooram festival is renowned for its spectacular fireworks display. The firework display begins early and lasts three to four hours.
10 Temples Participating in the Thrissur Pooram
- Thiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple
- Paramekkavu Bhagavathy Temple
- Nethilakkavu Bhagavathy Temple
- Karamukku Bhagavathy Temple
- Ayyanthole Bhagavathy Temple
- Laloor Bhagavathy Temple
- Choorakkattukavu Bhagavathy Temple
- Chembukkavu Bhagavathy Temple
- Panamukkumpally Sastha Temple
- Kanimangalam Sastha Temple