Thrissur Pooram festivities begin with traditional rituals
The Hindu
All events will be held sans usual celebrations, pooram lovers
Unlike the usual thunderous celebrations, Thrissur Pooram will be like a mild drizzle this time. All rituals and events will be held. But they will not have any colour and fun without crazy pooram lovers. COVID-19 has dampened its carnival spirit as people will not be allowed to the pooram venue. Lakhs of people will witness the pooram live on television channels. The famous 36-hour event will be reduced to a few hours of celebrations. Thissur Pooram was held as a ritual last year too. The Vilambaram ritual marked the beginning of the pooram celebrations on Thursday. The ritual involved the arrival of Naithilakavu Bhagavathy at Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple. The elephant carrying the idol of Naithilakavu Bhagavathy opened the Thekke Gopura Nada of the Vadakkunnathan temple and declared open the celebrations.
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