Kollam Pooram Explained

Official Name:Kollam Pooram
Date:Next Day of Vishu
Observances:Temple Festival, Kuda Matam, elephant show
Type:Religious,Cultural
Longtype:Temple Festival
Holiday Name:Kollam Pooram
Month:April
Duration:10 days
Frequency:Annual

Kollam Pooram (Malayalam: കൊല്ലം പൂരം) is a ten-day festival held every year in April in Kollam City in the Indian state of Kerala. The festival attracts a large number of people from all parts of the state and is organised in connection with the annual festival of the Asramam Sree Krishna Swamy Temple at Kollam's Asramam Maidan.[1] The festival has now assumed the status of a national festival attracting tourists in large numbers.

For the kudamattom, thirty elephants are split into two groups of fifteen representing the Thamarakulam Sri Mahaganapathy Temple and the Puthiyakavu Bhagawathy Temple. The kudamattom is held to the beats of a traditional melam. The pooram is followed by a firework display.[2]

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  1. News: Kollam Pooram today. https://archive.today/20160728063941/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/04/15/stories/2005041511910300.htm. dead. 28 July 2016. 6 August 2015. The Hindu. 15 April 2005.
  2. News: Kollam Pooram draws huge crowds. 6 August 2015. The Hindu. 17 April 2015.