How many elephants are there in Uthralikavu Pooram?

Each team normally presents seven to eleven elephants, all decorated with traditional trunk masks (netippaTTam നെറ്റിപ്പട്ടം), shields (aalavaTTamആലവട്ടം) and fans(veNchaamaram വെൺചാമരം).

How many elephants are in Arattupuzha Pooram?

Arattupuzha Pooram Festival Elephants Kerala The video shows Aarattupuzha Pooram, a spectacular festival in which a grand elephant pageantry is staged with around 70 majestically caparisoned elephants. The festival venue is the Sree Sastha Temple, dedicated to Lord Ayyappa situated at Arattupuzha in Thrissur District.

Which elephant is in Thrissur Pooram?

Thechikottukavu Ramachandran
Thechikottukavu Ramachandran has played a significant role in the customary ‘Pooram Vilambaram’ ceremony, which symbolically marks the commencement of Thrissur Pooram, for years.

How many elephants are there in Thrissur Pooram?

The celebrations involve 16 caparisoned elephants, massive decorated umbrellas, percussion artists, dancers and massive fireworks- all witnessed by lakhs of ‘poora premikal’ or pooram lovers who throng the venue.

Where is the wooden elephant in Thrissur Kerala?

Wooden elephant. Cherpu is a small village in Thrissur district of Kerala state in south India. It is 12 kilometres south of Thrissur town and is on the Thriprayar road. It is dotted by a number of temples and has quite a few rivers flowing by its vicinity.

When is Uthralikkavu Pooram in central Kerala?

Uthralikavu Pooram is one of the spectacular temple festivals to be witnessed in Central Kerala during summer (Feb-Mar).

Which is the most famous pooram in Cherpu?

Cherpu has two major poorams—Peruvanam Pooram and Arattupuzha Pooram. Peruvanam, otherwise traditionally known as one of the leading Namboodiri villages of Kerala, has today many of its people employed in the manufacture of furniture and gold ornaments.

Which is the oldest pooram festival in Kerala?

Arattupuzha Pooram is the oldest and arguably the most spectacular of the pooram festivals of Kerala. It is believed that on this day 101 gods and goddesses of the neighbouring villages visited Sastha ( Ayyappa ), the presiding deity of the Arattupuzha temple.