Thripunithura Temple Vrishchikoltsawam Festival
I visited the thripunithura Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple last week as a part of the Vrishchikoltsawam Festival which happens every year for around 8 days. The Festival is held every year in the month of November - December.
Being in cochin for a long time i have never heard (to be honest) of the events in the Thripunithura temple (yea i have heard about the Onam celebrations here). I had decided to go to Thripunithura to meet some people who where coming down to cochin.
I reached the temple with two of my friends and was shocked to see the crowd. I must say its a Big Event. We waited there for the rest of the gang to join in. They where around 20 of us in total with 7 foreigners. We had our dinner from one of the hotels near by and then headed inside the temple.
There where around 10 elephants inside the temple and it was followed by Percussion. During the festival time there would be Cultural shows. Some of the main art forms like Kathakali, Chakyarkoothu, Ottamthullal etc are performed during this time. You can also check out how the kathakali artists do their make up. It was a first time experience for me seeing a live festival.
To enter Temple you need to remove your chappals. Do not give your chappals to road side keepers. Near to the temple Gate entrance there is a official Shoes/Chappal Keeper Room.
We watched Kathakali till 1am and headed back home as we had to leave for Thekkady the next day.
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