In India if you haven’t seen a Pooram then you are missing something. To be in the middle of this pandemonium itself is a great thing. Its been
quiet a while since I was longing to see a Pooram. Pooram is a kind of temple
festival celebration across central Kerala(Malappuram,Thrissur,Palakkad).
My pal Padmasoorya called me for the 26th Feb 2012 pooram,
which was apparently very close from his house .
I didn’t have the slightest idea
that I can reach there as I was part of a team entrusted with an audit assignment at Chikmaglur,Karnataka.
Well on 25th Feb 2012 I left from Chikmagalur at 3.30AM
towards destination Shoranur with Mangalore as my pitstop. (I did get
permission from my audit manager to attend my cousins wedding at Palakkad )
Now let me tell you about this pooram
Mulyamparambath Pooram or
Chalissery Pooram is a festival organised at the Mulyam Parambath Bhagvati temple situated
in Chalissery Village surrounded by Palakad and Trissur districts.Chalissery
is located 10 kms from Kunnamkulam.The temple boasts of a huge ground (poora
paramb) where scores of elephants assemble as apart of the ritual.These elephants are ornately decorated and is paraded in procession.To add more vibrance you have this percussion or Melam .Hmm I was loving it. Once the temple ritual was over its Showdown Time(Vedikettu aka Fireworks).. What I could learn was that
Chalissery Fireworks were actually better than Trissur Pooram and was average compared
to Uthralikaavu Pooram at Wadakancheri .
Honestly speaking I could not the
withstand the vedikettu for a long time (BoomBang!!).I enjoyed my first experience in capturing this chaos... Awesome it was.. Thank you Govind
Padmasoorya for everything :)
These are the visuals what I could get on that eventful day. Indulge yourself :)
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| Padmasoorya with a filmy pose |
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| 60+ Elephants in a row |
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| All those white glittering spots are that of the cellphones which the public was using to shoot the fireworks. |
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| Pooram kazinja pooraparamb / Pooram ground after the celebration is over |
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