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Uthralikkavu Pooram festival celebrated

UTHRALIKKAVU POORAM

• Annual Hindu festival held in Vadakkancherry
• Held every year in the Malayalam month of Kumbham (usually falls on February / March)
• Eight-day celebration
• Traditional musical ensembles like the Panchavadyam and the Pandimelam can be seen
• About twenty-one elephants in the traditional attire line up with colourful parasols; swaying venchamarams (white tufts) and alavattams (peacock-feather fans
• Sree Ruthira Mahakalikavu Temple is dedicated to Goddess Kali