Thrissur Pooram is an annual temple festival held in Kerala, India. It is held at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur every year on the Pooram day – the day when the moon rises with the Pooram star in the Malayalam Calendar month of Medam. It is the largest and most famous of all Poorams.
Thrissur Pooram was the brain child of Raja Rama Varma or famously known as Sakthan Thampuran, theMaharaja of Cochin (1790–1805). Before the start of Thrissur Pooram, the largest temple festival in Kerala was the one-day festival held at Aarattupuzha knows as Arattupuzha Pooram. Temples in and around City of Thrissur were regular participants. One day because of incessant rains, they were late for the Arattupuzha Pooram and were denied access to the Pooram procession. Felt embarrassed by the denial, the temples went to the Sakthan Thampuran and told their story.
Principle participants are Paramekkavu Bagavathi Temple and Thiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple. The Paramekkavu temple is situated at Thrissur Swaraj Round and the Thiruvambady temple at Shoranur road. The two temples are hardly 500 metres apart.
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