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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Hindu festival in Kerala, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox holiday <br />
|image = ArattupuzhaTemple TharaikkalPooram.JPG<br />
|caption = <br />
|official_name = <br />
|date = Makam Star Of Minam in the [[Malayalam calendar]] (March/April) <br />
|observances = Temple Festival, ''Kudamatam'', Fireworks (''Vedikettu'')<br />
|type = [[Hindu]]<br />
|longtype = Temple Festival<br />
|date2020 = 5 April<br />
|date2019 = 19 March<br />
|date2018 = 29 March<br />
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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]] of [[Kerala]]. 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]], [[Tripunithura]] other than in Arattupuzha Pooram <br />
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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''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arattupuzha Pooram - Oldest of all Poorams {{!}} Festivals of Kerala |url=https://www.keralatourism.org/event/arattupuzha-pooram/3 |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Kerala Tourism |language=en}}</ref>'')'' 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]] attended the Pooram once But now only 23 deities attend the Pooram and is considered as the oldest temple festival in the [[Indian subcontinent]]. Important deities that participate in the Arattupuzha Pooram are [[Ammathiruvadi Temple|Urakathamma Thiruvadi]], Cherpu Bhagavathy and Triprayar Thevar.<ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/arattupuzha-pooram-festivities-begin/article3260762.ece<br />
|title=Arattupuzha Pooram festivities begin<br />
|work=The Hindu<br />
|date=30 March 2012<br />
|access-date=2014-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/arattupuzha-pooram-festivities-begin-today/article1815658.ece<br />
|title=Arattupuzha Pooram festivities begin today<br />
|work=The Hindu<br />
|date=25 March 2007<br />
|access-date=2014-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/arattupuzha-pooram-celebrated/article4549849.ece<br />
|title=Arattupuzha Pooram celebrated<br />
|work=The Hindu<br />
|date=26 March 2013<br />
|access-date=2014-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/arattupuzha-pooram-from-march-10/article1508919.ece <br />
|title=Arattupuzha Pooram from March 10<br />
|work=The Hindu<br />
|date=4 March 2011<br />
|access-date=2014-09-28}}</ref><br />
[[File:Arattupuzha Pooram Festival, Sree Sastha Temple, Thrissur, Kerala, India (2017).jpg|thumb|Celebrating Arattupuzha Pooram]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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6. https://www.keralatourism.org/event/arattupuzha-pooram/3<br />
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http://www.arattupuzhasreesasthatemple.com/pages/home.html<br />
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{{Tourist attractions in Thrissur}}<br />
{{Culture of Kerala}}<br />
{{Tourism in Kerala}}<br />
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[[Category:Festivals in Thrissur district]]<br />
[[Category:March observances]]<br />
[[Category:April observances]]<br />
[[Category:Elephant festivals in Kerala]]<br />
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