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TRICHAMBARAM KRISHNA TEMPLE |
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Even today
there is a custom during the temple festival when the dancer carrying the idol on his head
dances before the tree and devotees keep a ring on a leaf and make obeisance. The
ring is available from the temple authorities for a token amount and many devotees observe
the ritual hoping that the Lord would fulfil their desires as he did in the case of the
man mentioned above.
Annual Festival
The annual festival at Trichambaram is in the month of March. It starts with the
flag-hoisting ceremony on 22 of the Malayalam month of Kumbha. The same night the
Balarama deity from Dharamkulangara (Mazhur) six km. away is brought in procession.
As already mentioned there is no elephant for the procession. Priests who dance to
the accompaniment of drums carry the images of both Krishna and Balarama on the head. The
nrittam or dance takes place at night daily up to the 2nd of Meenam month at Pookothunada,
a place on the main road about 2 furlongs from Trichambaram temple. |
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