| Thiruvambadi
Temple is one of the two major temples that run this whole exhibition
of devotion and grandeur. Lord Unnikrishna and Bhagvathi are
the two main deities of this temple. Thrissur Pooram, in a nutshell,
is the paying obeisance of these two deities to Lord Vadakkunnathan
along with Paramekkavu Bhagavathi and other minor deities of
the suburban temples. It is the amiable enmity between the temples
of Thiruvambadi and Paramekkavu that steals the show.
On
Pooram day Lord Krishna and Thiruvambadi Bhagavathi leave
Thiruvambadi temple at 7.30 a.m. to Brahmaswam Madom, their
temporary abode. The famous Madathil Varavu is the term given
to the glorious procession of these two deities from Brahmaswam
Madom, taken out at 11.30 am, to the South Gopuram of the
Vadakkunnathan Temple with the traditional accompaniment of
Panchavadyam. The procession reaches at south gopuram at 3.00
p.m. via Pazhaya Nadakkavu, Naickanal, Thekkinkadu Maidan,
Sreemulastanam, and West Gopuram.
At south gopuram both deities witness
Divine Durbar and Kudamattom. Then return to Brahmaswam Madom
at 7.00 pm.
The
second Madathil Varavu begins at 11 O’ clock in the
night, and concludes at Naickanal at 2.30 p.m., few minutes
before the beginning of the spectacular fireworks exhibition.
As
the fireworks reach its culmination the procession is augmented
to 15 elephants and enters Thekkinkadu Maidan with the orchestra
Pandimelom. After the formation at Sreemulasthanam at 12.00
noon it shrings to a lone elephant and moves to the west gopuram
with the purpose of paying obeisance to Lord Vadakkunnathan.
Both deities return to Thiruvambadi
Temple as the Pooram remains in the memory and to be repeated
in the next year.
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