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Trichur Pooram |
| Section: CULTURE / PEOPLES |
| Author: Jane Schreibman |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2002 |
| Size: 360 Words, 2,271 Characters |
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Kerala's largest and most popular elephant festival takes place in the city of Trichur during April or May (depending on the Hindu calendar). Temples from the surrounding villages each send an elephant as their representative. Thus the festival gets its name: Trichur Pooram. Trichur ...
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...ng village. One year the temples in Trichur were denied the right to participate in this festival by another temple that was still controlled by the Brahman hegemony. In retaliation Prince Sakthan organized the festival in Trichur, in conjunction with the Paramenkkavu and Thiruvambadi temples, dedicated to Devi and Krishna, respectively. This was the actual beginning of Trichur Pooram. --J.S.
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