Festa: Thrissur Pooram

Festa: Thrissur Pooram

The temple opens at 04 am after the routine poojas, Arattu at 6.00 am and other rituals connected to pooram, "nadakkal para" starts. At 12.30 noon Devi comes out and the famous "purappadu" starts with 15 elephants. The melam starts with "Chempada" (longest in duration and magnificent in performance) during these Kudamattam will be performed. The pandy will start at 2.00pm and the procession moves to "Vadakumnathan" for the thrilling "elingithataramelam". At 4.30pm the melam concludes and the procession exits through southern gopuram "thripuda" melam will accompany the procession. The procession will face the southern gopuram stationing at the round. Meanwhile thripuda will conclude after kombhupattu, and kuzalpattu "Panchari" will start. At 5.00 pm Thiruvambady bhagavathi will start decenting and the "Devine Durbar" will start with kudamattam. The greatest show on earth concludes at 6.45pm and Devi returns to temple with "Nadaswaram".

Night pooram stats at 10.30pm with 7elephants with "Panchavadhyam". The pooram moves through round west, round south and ends at Manikandanal pandal at 2.30am.

After the fire works day pooram starts at 7.30am and moves to Sreemoolasthanam with 15 elephants. Another thrilling experience with "pandy melam" and kudamattam pooram concludes at 11.30am. After the touching farewell with Thiruvambady bhagavathi Paramekkavu Bhagavathi returns with jubilant crowd to abode.

After "parayeduppu" and arattu at "pandijarchira" (western pond) Devi returns to temple and will be received with pandy melam. After kodical pooram Devi takes rest with uttrampattu.