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{{Infobox holiday <br />
|holiday_name = Machad Mamangam<br />
|image = Machad Mamangam001.jpg<br />
|caption = Wooden horses of Mamangam<br />
|official_name = Machad Mamangam<br />
|observedby = [[Malayalees]] esp. [[Hinduism|Hindus]]<br />
|date = Begins on first Friday of the month [[Kumbham]] (February). Festival with wooden horse (Kuthira vela) is on the coming Tuesday after first Friday. Ends on the next day.<br />
|observances = Temple Festival<br />
|type = Hindu Festivel<br />
|longtype = Temple Festival<br />
|significance = <br />
|date2015 = <br />
|date2016 = <br />
|date2017 =21/2/2017<br />
|date2020=17 February 2020}}{{coord|10|38|08.9|N|76|15|35.3|E|display=title}}<br />
'''Machad Mamangam''' ([[Malayalam]]: മച്ചാട് മാമാങ്കം) also known as '''Machad Kuthira Vela''' or '''Thiruvanikkavu Kuthira vela''' is a temple festival celebrated at Thiruvanikkavu temple near [[Wadakkancherry]] in [[Thrissur District]]. The festival is organised by five desams (Villages) in a competitive way. [[Karumathara|Karumathra]], [[Viruppakka]], Mangalam, Parlikadu and [[Manalithara]] are the 5 main participants of the festival. [[Thekkumkara]], Punnamparambu, and Panangattukara are desams who take initiative in conducting pooram once in every three years. The festival starts with a parapurappadu on first Friday of Kumbham according to [[Malayalam calendar]]. On the coming Tuesday the real festival vela is celebrated with wooden horses made by different desams.<br />
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According to the legend the king of ruling that area wished to conduct the festival by live horses as a competition towards the elephant festival [[Uthralikavu Pooram|Uthralikkavu Pooram]], but due to the lack of horses in Kerala and inability to domesticate horses he abandoned that wish and started celebrating with artificial horses. <br />
<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/18/stories/2009021850020200.htm<br />
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211227/http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/18/stories/2009021850020200.htm<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
|archive-date=2014-03-03<br />
|work=[[The Hindu]]<br />
|title=Machad Mamangam brings alive rural charm<br />
|date=2009-02-18<br />
|access-date=2014-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/machad-mamangam-festival-with-a-difference/article5704645.ece<br />
|title=Machad Mamangam, festival with a difference<br />
|work=The Hindu<br />
|date=19 February 2014<br />
|access-date=2014-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article1471663.ece#.UxSPZ_mSySo<br />
|title=Machad Mamankam held<br />
|publisher=The New Indian Express<br />
|access-date=2014-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Thrissur-celebrates-mamangam/articleshow/11985170.cms?referral=PM<br />
|title=Thrissur celebrates mamangam<br />
|publisher=Times of India<br />
|access-date=2014-03-03}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Commons category|Machad Mamangam}}<br />
{{Culture of Kerala |state=collapsed}}<br />
{{Tourist attractions in Thrissur |state=collapsed}}<br />
{{Tourism in Kerala}}<br />
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[[Category:Hindu festivals in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Festivals in Thrissur district]]<br />
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