PariyanamPatta Pooram festival is
celebrated at the Pariyanampatta temple, MangalamKunnu, Palakkad and is the
famous festival of Valluvanadu. The festival takes place at the Pariyanampetta
Bhagavathy Temple, Kattukulam 40 km from Palakkad. The live deity of the temple
is Goddess Bhagavathy.
The pooram day is on the 7th of month
of Kumbam according to the Malayalam calendar. It falls about on the second
week of February. The Pooram festival is marked by the
traditional folk and classical musicalroutineslikethe.
Tholpavakoothu,Kalamezhuthupattu,Pootham,Thira,Karivela,Kaalavela,Kuthiravela,Kathakali,Chakyarkoothu.
The last day of the festival sees a Ceremonial procession of 21
elephants.Kerala people wear in every festival
white color clothes.
These impressively caparisoned elephants are made to march through
the streets while thousands of people gather to watch them and to seek blessing
from them since the elephant is hailed as holy in Kerala.
The
elephant and traditional musical recitals are inherent parts of holy festivals
in South India- Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The fairs and festivals in Kerala are
more so. Also musical performances are performed before the god to make happy.
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