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SRI RAMA TEMPLE AT TRIPRAYAR |
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Festivals
Ekadashi in Vrischikam (November- December) and pooram in Meenam (March-April) are the two
annual festivals conducted in the temple. Ekadasi celebrations start on Dasami day
itself when Ayyappa is taken in procession. This shows the importance of Ayyappa
whose temple it was before the installation of Sri Rama. On Ekadasi day, Sri Rama is
taken in procession with as many as 21 elephants participating. It is an occasion
for devotion and pageantry attracting thousands from far and near. The seven-day Pooram festival begins on the Makiram asterism in
Meenam (March-April) and ends on the pooram asterism. There is no flag-hoisting
ceremony here-in fact there is no flag-staff itself-to herald the annual utsavam.
The festival is part of the famous Arattupuzha pooram festival in which over a hundred
elephants took part until a generation ago. Now with the change of times, the number
of elephants has come down. But there is no diminution in the rituals or in the
pageantry. |
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