Adoor Gajamela

Sree Parthasarathy Temple Adoor celebrates a ten-day annual festival which ends with Adoor Gajamela. Gajamela means fair of elephants. The festival falls under Thiruvonam asterism of the Malayalam month Makaram(January or February ). Adoor Gajamela is held at Sree Parthasarathy temple where the shrine is dedicated to Lord Krishna, who is known as Parthasarathy. According to the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Lord Krishna was the charioteer of Arjuna during Kurukshetra, thus got the name Parthasarathy. This year Adoor Gajamela is on 4th February. The best and healthiest nine elephants take part in this grand procession.