Traditions of Thrissur
7 traditions tied to Thrissur.
🇮🇳 Thrissur, IndiaPulikaliപുലിക്കളി
Painted tigers and leopards dance through Thrissur on the fourth day of OnamPerformance
🇮🇳 Thrissur, IndiaKerala mural painting
Frescoes of Hindu deities painted on temple and palace walls in Kerala, India.Performance
🇮🇳 Thrissur, IndiaPanchavadyamപഞ്ചവാദ്യം
A Kerala temple orchestra of five instruments that builds rhythm from slow to fast over two hoursPerformance
🇮🇳 Thrissur, IndiaThrissur Pooramതൃശ്ശൂര് പൂരം
A grand Kerala temple gathering with elephant pageantry, percussion, and fireworksFestival
🇮🇳 Kochi, India and 5 moreOnamഓണം
A ten-day harvest festival in Kerala celebrating the return of King Mahabali with feasts, flower carpets and boat races.Festival · Feasts and festival meals
🇮🇳 Chidambaram, India and 1 moreThiruvathira
A Hindu festival celebrating Shiva's cosmic dance, observed in Tamil Nadu and Kerala with fasting, processions, and dancFestival
🇮🇳 Thrissur, IndiaPooram
An annual Kerala temple festival with percussion orchestras, elephants and fireworksFestival
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Onam: Jiteshgt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pulikali: Felix Francis, CC BY 2.0, source
- Thiruvathira: Kalakki at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, source
- Kerala mural painting: Sivavkm, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Panchavadyam: Mahesh K, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Thrissur Pooram: Rameshng, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pooram: Augustus Binu : flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source