Uthralikkavu Pooram

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Uthralikkavu Pooram is one of the most famous festivals of Vadakancherry, Thrissur. It is held at Sree Ruthira Mahakalikavu Temple. The festival is held at Malayalam month of Kumbham i.e during February or March. This year the festival is on the 25th of February. This pooram is considered as the second most crowded festival after Thrissur pooram. On the day of pooram, three teams are formed from Vadakancherry, Enakkad and Kumaranelloor. A grand procession of elephants with Netippattam, Aalavattam and Venchamaram can be witnessed on the day by the three teams. Fireworks is one of the major attractions of the pooram. It is regarded as the second largest fireworks after Nenmara Vallangi Vella. We can see a huge crowd to see the fireworks which happen twice on the day, one at evening 4 pm and other at early morning days of the next day.