Arattupuzha Pooram
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Arattupuzha Sree Sastha Temple, Arattupuzha, Thrissur, Kerala, India
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Arattupuzha Pooram is celebrated in the Meenam month of the Malayalam calendar which falls in March. Arattupuzha Pooram rituals are held in seven days. The sixth day is the Pooram Day.
Description:Arattupuzha Pooram with its antiquity, elaborate ceremonies and by the number of participating deities is considered as the mother of all Poorams.
Arattupuzha is a small village around 16 km south of Thrissur town along the Thrissur - Kodungallur state highway. The presiding deity at the Arattupuzha temple is Sastha. It is believed that the Arattupuzha Pooram started in AD 583.
At one point in time, as much as 108 deities from various temples and 56 regional kings participated in the Pooram. Presently 24 deities are participating in the Pooram. Arattupuzha Pooram is more on rituals and comparatively less on festivities.
The other main features the seven-day celebration are caparisoned elephants and Melam in Pandi, Panchari and Panchavadyam styles.
Pooram Day Rituals
On the sixth day evening, which is the Pooram day, the host of the Pooram Arattupuzha Sasthavu comes out in a ceremonial procession escorted by fifteen elephants and accompanied by traditional Panchari melam percussions of over two hundred artists.
The deities venerated in the close-by temples visit Lord Sastha on the Arattupuzha Pooram day. In this Deavasangamam all the Gods and Goddesses from other temples show their respects. This is also called Koottiyezhunnallippu or Devamela which is a parade of 23 deities.
Early in the next day morning, they proceed to do the Ararttu. The host Sasthavu performs the Arattu in the last. On this day, the Thriprayar Thevar is more prominent.
Thamara Mala or the Lotus Garland offering is done for Irinjalakuda Sree Koodalmanikyam Bhagavan for preventing rainfall on the Pooram days. It is also to be noted that most of the ceremonies associated with the Arattupuzha Pooram is held during the night.
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Published on January 23rd, 2019, 8:10 pm
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