Pooram is an annual festival, which is celebrated in temples dedicated to goddesses Durgaor Kali held especially in Valluvanadu area and other adjoining parts of north-central Kerala (Present Palakkad, Thrissur andMalappuram districts) after the summer harvest. Most pooram festivals have at least one ornately decorated elephant being paraded in the procession taken out of the temple precincts. However, there are some well known poorams, such as Aryankavu Pooram nearShoranur and Machattu Thiruvanikavu Vela near Wadakkanchery that do not use the caparisoned elephant, instead go for stilted mannequins of horses or bullocks. Vela is also a festival like pooram. Nenmara Vallanghy Vela is famous for the vedikkettu held in this festival. If Thrissur Pooram is the top of poorams then Nenmara Vallanghy Vela is the top of all velas. Some like Chinakathoor Pooram (Chinakkathoor Temple) near Ottapalam, have both caparisoned elephants and mannequins of horses and bullocks. The most famous of all Poorams is the Thrissur Pooram. Some other well-known pooram festivals are Arattupuzha-Peruvanam Pooram, Nenmara Vallangi Vela, Chinakathoor pooram, Uthralikavu Pooram, Mannarkkad Pooram and Thirumandhamkunnu Pooram
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