Pooram pronounced [puːɾam] is an annual festival, which is celebrated in temples dedicated to goddesses Durga or Kali held especially in Valluvanadu area and other adjoining parts of north-central Kerala after the summer harvest. Harimattom pooram is the one of the famous pooram in Ernakulam. An example of a famous pooram is Thirumandhamkunnu Pooram which has an active participation of 11 Lakh people across the country. Most pooram festivals have at least one ornately decorated elephant being paraded in the procession taken out of the temple precincts. However, there are some well known poorams, such as Anthimahakalankavu Vela, Chelakkara, Aryankavu Pooram at shoranur Palakkad and Machad mamangam near Wadakkanchery that do not use the caparisoned elephant, instead go for stilted mannequins of horses or bullocks. Vela is also a festival like pooram. Thrissur Pooram is the most famous of all poorams, known for fire works. The second best known Pooram in Kerala is Uthralikavu Pooram. Kavassery pooram is well known for fireworks during afternoon. Some other well-known pooram festivals are Arattupuzha-Peruvanam Pooram, Chalissery Pooram, Anthimahakalankavu Vela, Nenmara Vallangi Vela, Chinakathoor pooram, Mannarkkad Pooram, Kavassery Pooram, Pariyanampatta Pooram, Harimattom Pooram and Thirumandhamkunnu Pooram. Peruvanam-Arattupuza pooram is celebrating its 1436th year in 2018.
Ottapalam, is a town in Ottapalam taluk of the Palakkad district in Kerala, India. Chinakathoor Pooram, an event held every year at Chinakkathoor Temple in Palappuram near Ottapalam, is one of the famous festivals in Kerala.
Naranath Branthan is a character in Malayalam folklore. He was considered to be a divine person, a Mukhta who pretended to be mad. His chief activity consisted of rolling a big stone up a hill and then letting it fall back down. There is a large statue of Naranath in Pattambi, Palakkad district of Kerala where he is believed to have lived.
Malampuzha, IPA: [mɐlɐmbuɻɐ], is a village in Palakkad district of Kerala, South India, near to the Malampuzha Dam.
Kalpathi (Kalpathy) Ratholsavam is an annual Hindu Temple festival in the Kalpathi village of Palakkad district in Kerala state, south India. The festival is at the Sri Visalakshi Sametha Sri Viswanatha Swamy temple where the deities are Lord Siva and his consort Visalakshi, another name for Parvati.
Palappuram is a neighbourhood in Ottapalam located 4 km from Ottapalam, between Palakkad and the Shoranur Highway in Kerala, South India.
Malampuzha Dam is one of the largest dams and reservoirs in Kerala, located near Palakkad, in the state of Kerala in South India, built post independence by the then Madras state. Situated in the scenic hills of the Western Ghats in the background it is a combination of a masonry dam with a length of 1,849 metres and an earthen dam with a length of 220 metres making it the longest dam in the state. The dam is 355 feet high and crosses the Malampuzha River, a tributary of Bharathappuzha, Kerala's second longest river. There is a network of two canal systems that serve the dam's reservoir of 42,090 hectares.
Koottanad is a town in Nagalassery Panchayath of Pattambi taluk of Palakkad district, in the state of Kerala. It is situated at the border of Thrissur, Palakkad and Malapuram districts. It is located 32 km from the Thrissur and 65 km from Palakkad, on the road between Guruvayoor and Palakkad. It is connected by road to other parts of Kerala and the nearest Railway station is Pattambi 9 km away. Bharathapuzha Nila Riverflows through Thrithala, 5 km away. The Pakkanar Memorial, a tribute to the Pariah saint of Parayi petta panthirukulam can be found at Thrithala. The Kattil Madam Temple, a small granite Buddhist monument on the Pattambi-Guruvayoor road, is of great archaeological importance. It is believed to date back to the 9th/10th century AD. The debris of a Fort can be seen behind Juma Mazjid, Koottanad between Koottanad and Chalissery Road.
Wadakkancherry is a major town in Thrissur, Kerala. Up until 1860, this area was part of Chelakkara Taluk. Now, it is the headquarters of Talappilly Taluk.
Padur is a village in Palakkad District, Kerala. There is a temple of Sree Panickanar where a yearly festival called Padur Vela is celebrated, which is the curtain raiser for Vela-Poorams in Palakkad.
Chittilamchery is a village in the Palakkad district of Kerala. It is under the administration of the Melarcode Panchayath in the Alathur Taluk.
Sree Chinakkathoor Bhagavathy Temple is located in Palappuram and about 5 km from Ottappalam, Palakkad, north Kerala. The temple is in the middle of a huge ground where the Chinakkathoor pooram is conducted every year.
Keezhattur is a village in Malappuram district in the state of Kerala, India. Poonthanam illam, the birthplace of "bhakthakavi" Poonthanam namboothiri, famous ancient Malayalam poet, is located here. The poonthanam illam is now a popular cultural centre. Keezhattur is a moderately large panchayat.The major place in keezhattur panchayat is kizhattur.'kizhattur pooram' is the major festival in keezhattur. Its administrative offices are located in Akkaparambu, which is about 12 km away from Perinthalmanna, the largest city of Malappuram district.
Kollengode is one of the town in Palakkad district, Kerala, India. Kollengode is well known for the culture of Kerala. Kollengode Town is the head quarter of Kollengode Sub District, Kollengode Panchayat and Kollengode Block Panchayat. Kollengode is one of the major tourist spots of Palakkad district. Kollengode has contributed many famous personalities to the society in the fields of movies, cultural activists, social activists, musicians, writers, poets, scholars, and so on.
Mezhathur is an Indian village in the state of Kerala situated at Pattambi taluk of Palakkad district at the border of Thrissur, Malappuram and Palakkad districts. It is a historical and cultural village in Kerala. It is known for traditional Ayurveda physicians like Chatharu Nair and Vaidyamadom Valiya Narayanan Namboodiri. It is also the native place of renowned writer and social reformer V. T. Bhattathiripad.
Chavara Thekkumbhagom or or is a village in Kollam district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is a traditional village of about 20 km2 area fully surrounded by the Ashtamudi lake and this island is now connected with bridges, one from the south at Neendakara and one to the north at Thevalakara. It is thickly populated place of not less than 15000 and the number of houses not less than 3000.
Aroli is a village of Pappinisseri Panchayat in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.
Nedungottur is a small village located in western part of Palakkad District, in the state of Kerala. Situated along the Bank of famous river Kunthippuzha(Thoothappuzha). It is divided into the Palakkad and Malappuram Districts. NEDUNGOTTUR is a Special grade Ward in THIRUVEGAPPURA Panchayath.Flora fantasia park is situated just oppsit of side of kundhi river
Palakkad district has a large number of temples, churches, mosques and other tourist attractions. Palakkad district is situated in the middle of Kerala state in South India. The nearest airports are at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Cochin in Kerala.
The Chinakkathoor Pooram is an elephant pageant which is held annually at the sacred Sree Chinakkathoor Bhagavathy Temple, at Palappuram in Palakkad district in north Kerala. A huge procession of 27 festooned tuskers is the highlight of the festival. The festival is celebrated in Kumbham month of Malayalam calendar.
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