Naithalakkavu Bhagavathy, atop famous elephant Ernakulam Sivakumar, declared opened the Thrissur Pooram by opening the Thekkegopura Nada of Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple, known as the Vilambaram ceremony, on Saturday morning.
Pooram festivities will unfurl in all its splendour at the Thekkinkadu maidan on Sunday. A curious assortment of ceremonies, traditional percussion ensembles, pyrotechnic shows and elephant parades, Thrissur Pooram attracts a large mass of spectators.
Thrissur Pooram is a symbolic meeting of deities of 10 temples in the region. While Thiruvambadi and Paramekkavu are the main participants of the 36-hour-long festival, other participating temples are Naithalakkavu, Ayyanthole, Karumukku, Lalur, Choorakkattukara, Chembukkavu, Kanimangalam and Panamukkumpally.
