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Uthralikavu Pooram
Uthralikkavu Pooram (ഉത്രാളിക്കാവ്) is a festival held at Shri Rudhiramahakalikav (ശ്രീ രുധിരമഹാകാളികാവ്) temple situated at Wadakkanchery in Thalappilly taluk of Thrissur district in Kerala, South India. The temple is famed for its Pooram festival held during February / March every year. It is considered as the second highest crowded pooram after Thrissur Pooram The temple Uthralikkavu Temple is some two kilometres north of Wadakkanchery on the Kodungallore-Shoranur state highway. Just aside the Thrissur - Shoranur Railway line, amidst the paddy fields and surrounded by a chain of highlands and hills, the temple compound forms a rather arena-like stage where the Pooram and its associated features such as elephant procession, fireworks, percussion orchestra etc. would be held. Despite the fact that the temple is rather small in size compared to its counterparts in Kerala and that it is located at an isolated rural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumaranellur
Kumaranellur is a small Village/hamlet in Pattambi Taluk in Palakkad District of Kerala, India. It comes under Kappur Grama Panchayath. It is located 75 km westwards from District headquarters Palakkad, 48 km southwards from the neighbouring district headquarters Malappuram, 27 km from Tirur, 22 km from Valanchery, 20 km from Pattambi, 20 km from Kunnamkulam, 15 km from Ponnani, 14 km from Kuttippuram, 8 km from Thrithala, and 5 km from Edappal town. This Place is in the border of the Palakkad District and Malappuram District. Malappuram District Kuttippuram is North towards this place and Edappal is westward from this place. Kumaranellur basically depends upon neighbouring Ponnani, Edappal, and Kuttippuram in Malappuram district for education and healthcare purposes. It is a part of Thrithala (State Assembly constituency) and Ponnani (Lok Sabha constituency). Local administration The region is administered by the Kappur Grama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinakathur Pooram
The Chinakkathoor Pooram is an elephant pageant which is held annually at the sacred Sree Chinakkathoor Bhagavathy Temple, at Palappuram in Palakkad district in north Kerala. A huge procession of 27 festooned tuskers is the highlight of the festival. The festival is celebrated in Kumbham month of Malayalam calendar. Locality performs traditional art forms like Vellattu, Theyyam, Poothanum thirayum, Kaalavela, Kuthiravela, Aandi Vedan, Karivela on the Panchavadyam or the temple orchestra. The popular ritualistic show puppetry, Tholpavakoothu, is performed at the temple premises every evening. This show continues for 17 days before conclusion of the festival i.e. pooram. Sixteen decorated models of the kuthira (horse) and eight kaala (bull) are brought ceremoniously to the temple by devotees in a grand procession. Holiday is declared by the District Collector in all government offices and educational institutions of Ottapalam municipality and the Lakkidi-Perur-I grama panchayat. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arattupuzha
Arattupuzha is a cultural village in Thrissur district of Kerala in South India South India, approximately South of the town of Thrissur. Located on the banks of the Karuvannur river, Arattupuzha is home to the annual Arattupuzha Pooram Arattupuzha Pooram is an Indian temple festival held at the Arattupuzha Temple in Arattupuzha, Thrissur district of Kerala. Visitors from nearby and far off places reach the village of Arattupuzha during the festival days. The pinnacle of the ... that stages the grand spectacle of numerous caparisoned elephants lined up in a row to the accompaniment of ethnic percussion concerts. Firework displays are also part of the celebration. The Arattupuzha Sastha Temple is located in Arattupuzha. The temple dates back 3000 years. References {{Thrissur Villages in Thrissur district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenmara Vallangi Vela
The Nenmara Vallanghy Vela or Nenmara Vela is one of the most popular annual festival of Kerala celebrated at Nellikulangara Bhagavathy temple in Nenmara, Palakkad district. Nemmara and Vallanghy are two neighbouring villages in the south part of Palakkad district, which is in the valley of Nelliyampathi hills. The green carpet of paddy field will turn to the festival ground in the first week of April. The festival falls on 20th of 'Meenam' according to the Malayalam Calendar (2nd or 3rd of every April). The 'Kodiyettam' (starting) will be celebrated on 'meenam 1st' every year. The celebration continues for the first 20 days of 'meenam', and on 20th day the Vela festival will be celebrated. The annual Vela festival, celebrated by Nemmara and Vallangi villages after the paddy harvest, is famous for its display of fireworks and caparisoned elephants. This is the Festival of Colours, Art forms, Firework, Elephants. Panchavadyam, Pandi Melam are the cultural arts forms of Kerala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOlam
Kolam (,, ), also known as Muggu () or Tharai Aalangaram () Rangoli () is a form of traditional decorative art that is drawn by using rice flour as per age-old conventions. It is also drawn using white stone powder, chalk or chalk powder, often along with natural or synthetic color powders. Its origin belongs to the ancient Tamil Nadu known as Tamilakam and has since spread to the other southern Indian states of Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala. It can be found in some parts of Goa and Maharashtra. Since the Tamil diaspora is worldwide, the practice of kolam is found around the world, including in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and a few other Asian countries. A kolam or muggu is a geometrical line drawing composed of straight lines, curves and loops, drawn around a grid pattern of dots. It is widely practised by female family members in front of their house entrance .Although,Men and boys too practice this tradition. The similar regional vers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wadakanchery
Wadakkancherry is a major town in Thrissur, Kerala. Up until 1860, this area was part of Chelakkara Taluk. Now, it is the headquarters of Talappilly Taluk. Wadakkanchery obtained municipality status from the government by merging with the Mundathikode panchayath and it is the only town in Thrissur District to be raised as municipality recently. There are two places with similarly pronounced names: Wadakanchery and Vadakkenchery (the latter is in Palakkad district). Transportation Roads and bus Wadakkanchery is situated on the Thrissur–Shoranur State Highway 22 and is directly connected to Kunnamkulam (another major town in the Thrissur district). Ottupara Bus Stand is a main stop on the Thrissur–Ottapalam/chelakkara bus route. There has been a huge demand for the last many years to make Thrissur–Perinthalmanna–Nilambur–Ooty or Bangalore a National Highway. Wadakkanchery is the endpoint of State Highway 50 that connects the town to Chavakkad and Guruvayoor via ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enkakkad
Enkakkad is a village in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India.It is a small village with beautiful nature.There are many temples like Shri Veeranimangalam temple,Shri Kovil etc. in this village.the famous temple Uthralikavu is situated in Enkakkad.It is famous for its pooram festival. Enkakkad is well known for the birthplace of famous personalities like Bharathan,Oduvil Unnikrishnan.KPAC Lalitha,wife of Bharathan,a legendary film actress resides there. etc. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ..., Enkakkad/Enkakad had a population of 8906 with 4232 males and 4674 females. References Villages in Thrissur district {{Thrissur-geo-stub ml:എങ്കക്കാട് ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
