Thrissur Pooram Festival Common Questions and Answers

FAQ’s About Kerala Thrissur Pooram Festival

Question – in which day thrissur pooram celebrating ?
Answer – It’s usually coming in April or May month every year, Pooram day in the Malayalam Calendar month of Medam.

Question – Where is the venue ?
An. – It is held at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur

Q: – Participants of pooram are ?
A: – Thiruvambady side and Paramekkavu side are participating in pooram festival.

Q: – Which malayalam television channel holding telecast rights of thrissur pooram festival ?
A: – There is no exclusive rights for the same, all major indian television channels broadcasting the live coverage of the festival. Now a day’s online streaming via facebook, Youtube etc is available. There are many options for watching Thrissur Pooram online.

Q:- How many elephants participating in pooram ?

A:- more than 50 elephants decorated with nettipattam , decorative bells, and ornaments appearing every year.

Q:- What are the Different activities of pooram?

Flag Hoisting , Display of fireworks (sample), Display of caparisonsm Main pooramm Display of fireworks (main) and Farewell ceremony. Flag Hoisting is known as kodiyettam, it’s begins sevan days before pooram. in other words pooram officially begins from the event of flag hoisting.

Q: – What is Sample Vedikettu ?
A: – It’s first round of display fireworks around for 1 hour by Thiruvambady and Paramekkavu Devaswoms. It’s happens on the fourth day after the flag hoisting of the Thrissur Pooram Festival .

Q: Thiruvambady side ?
A:- thiruvambadi sri krishna temple , kanimangalam sastha temple, laloor bhagavathy temple , sree karthyayani temple ayyanthole, nethilakkavu baghavathy temple

Q:- Paramekkavu side ?
A:- paramekkavu bagavathi temple, chembukkavu bhagavathy temple, panamukkumpally sastha temple , choorakkottukavu bhagavathy temple , pookattikkara karamukku baghavathy temple