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The oldest pooram (temple festival) in all of Kerala, the Arattupuzha Pooram is held at the Sree Sastha Temple in Thrissur for a period of seven days each year. Believers say that at this 'conclave', all Gods and Goddesses gather during the time period of the Pooram. Arattupuzha Temple in Arattupuzha,
Thrissur district Thrissur (), anglicised as Trichur, is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is situated in the central region of the state. Spanning an area of about , th ...
of
Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
. Visitors from nearby and far off places reach the village of Arattupuzha during the festival days. The pinnacle of the seven-day festival is the last two days. The evening prior to the last day of the festival would have an assembly of caparisoned elephants and staging of percussion ensembles as part of the ceremony called Sasthavinte Melam. The ''pancharimelam'' of Aarttupuzha Sasthavu is the largest assembly of percussion artists in any other night Poorams. More than 200 artists perform in sasthavinte melam. This can only be seen at
Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple Sree Poornathrayesa temple (in Malayalam: ) is a Hindu temple situated in Thrippunithura, Kochi, India, Kochi, the capital of the former Kingdom of Cochin, Kerala, India. The temple is considered among the greatest temples in Kerala and was t ...
, Tripunithura other than in Arattupuzha Pooram The Pooram is known as ''Devamela (Known as the ‘Mother of all Poorams’, its festivities are among the finest seen in Kerala as they represent such a wide variety of traditions from around the State')'' as it is a conglomeration of gods, given its massive attendance of deities from neighbourhood shrines. A total of 108 deities of various temples from different parts of
Thrissur District Thrissur (), anglicised as Trichur, is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is situated in the central region of the state. Spanning an area of about , th ...
attended the Pooram once But now only 23 deities attend the Pooram and is considered as the oldest temple festival in the
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. Important deities that participate in the Arattupuzha Pooram are Urakathamma Thiruvadi, Cherpu Bhagavathy and Triprayar Thevar.


References

6. https://www.keralatourism.org/event/arattupuzha-pooram/3 http://www.arattupuzhasreesasthatemple.com/pages/home.html {{Tourism in Kerala Festivals in Thrissur district March observances April observances Elephant festivals in Kerala Hindu festivals in Kerala