Chinakkathoor Pooram

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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]

mannarkkad pooram
Chinakkathoor Pooram (2018)
Official name	ചിനക്കത്തൂർ പൂരം
Observed by	Malayalees
Type	Pooram
Significance	One of the famous poorams in northern Kerala
Begins	Makam day in the Malayalam month of Kumbham (February–March)
Frequency	Annual

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.