Chinakkathoor Pooram is a festival held annually at the Chinakkathoor Bhagavathi temple at Palappuram in Palakkad district of Kerala, India. A huge procession of 27 festooned tuskers is the highlight of the festival.
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Chinakkathoor Pooram is a festival held annually at the Chinakkathoor Bhagavathi temple at Palappuram in Palakkad district of Kerala, India.
01 · What it is
Living Tradition
Documented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.
02 · Where & name
India
Written in its own script on record as छिरकथूर पूरम.
03 · How it is doing
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Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
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Chapter Takeaways
By railNearest railway station is Ottapalam which is about 5.1 km from the shrine.
By busPublic as well as private buses running on Palakkad-Shoranur (Kulappully) State Highway passes through Ottappalam.
By airNearest airport is Coimbatore in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu which is about 85 km from shrine.
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Chinakathur pooram in plain words?
Chinakkathoor Pooram is a festival held annually at the Chinakkathoor Bhagavathi temple at Palappuram in Palakkad district of Kerala, India. In local script on record, it is written छिरकथूर पूरम.
Where is Chinakathur pooram practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Chinakathur pooram in India.
What is the current condition of Chinakathur pooram today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
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Chinakkathoor Pooram is a festival held annually at the Chinakkathoor Bhagavathi temple at Palappuram in Palakkad district of Kerala, India. A huge procession of 27 festooned tuskers is the highlight of the festival. The festival is celebrated in the Kumbham month of Malayalam calendar. 1
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. 1
By rail
Nearest railway station is Ottapalam which is about 5.1 km from the shrine. It is one of the major railway stations between Palakkad and Shoranur in the Konkan route and Wadakkanchery in the Kanyakumari/Alapuzha route. 1
By bus
Public as well as private buses running on Palakkad-Shoranur (Kulappully) State Highway passes through Ottappalam. 1
By air
Nearest airport is Coimbatore in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu which is about 85 km from shrine.
Calicut International Airport, Karippur, Cochin International Airport, Nedumbassery, and Coimbatore Domestic Airport are the other nearest airports.
In Kerala, festival dates are decided in accordance with the Malayalam calendar and the local traditions and customs. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Chinakkathoor Pooram”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Chinakathur pooram is festival in Kerala, India, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2