Thrissur Pooram 2025

The history of Thrissur Pooram is more than 200 years ago. This festival was first started by the Raja Rama Verma who was also known as Sakthan Thampuran (Maharaja of Cochin). Before this festival, Arattupuzha Pooram was celebrated as the largest temple festival in Kerala. During this festival, many temples of Thrissur came to Aarattupuzha for celebration. 

In 1796, due to heavy rains, temples from Thrissur were late and were not able to reach Arattupuzha Pooram on time. The entry of these temples was denied to the Pooram festival because they were late. This made people very angry, and they directly went to Sakthan Thampuran to get justice and then Maharaja declared a new festival, Thrissur Pooram, on the same day, in May 1796. He invited ten temples and their deities to come to Vadakkunnathan Temple of Lord Shiva in Thrissur.  

Names of Ten Temples came in Thrissur Pooram

The Temples that participate in Thrissur Pooram are as follows: 

• Ayyanthole Bhagavathy Temple
• Chembukkavu Bhagavathy Temple
• Choorakkottukavu Bhagavathy Temple
•  Kanimangalam Sastha Temple.
• Karamukku Bhagavathy Temple
• Laloor Bhagavathy Temple
•  Nethilakkavu Bhagavathy Temple
• Panamukkumpally Sastha Temple
• Paramekkavu Bhagavathy Temple
• Thiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple

Main Highlights of Thrissur Pooram

The key highlights of this famous festival are given below: 

1. The main highlight of the festival is the vibrantly decorated elephants each carrying idols from ten temples.  

1. There is a Kudamattom ceremony in which two main temples participate and compete by quickly showing and changing colorful, silk umbrellas on top of elephants. 

1. There is also a lively singing performance with traditional instruments which is known as Ilanjithara Melam. 

1. There is powerful traditional drum music, with instruments like chenda, maddalam, kombu, elathalam, and edakka. People enjoy the amazing atmosphere created by the rhythmic beats of Panchavadyam and Melam. 

How Thrissur Pooram is Celebrated

Many rituals are performed during this festival. These are as follows: 

1. The festival marks its beginning with a flag hoisting ceremony. 

1. Deities from ten temples come on decorated elephants. People follow the possession by singing, dancing and playing instruments like drums. 

1. There is also a festival exhibition where people learn more about this festival, buy things, and do different activities. 

1. At the end of the festival, there are beautiful fireworks in the sky that make the whole sky light up and beautiful.  

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