Thrissur: A large number of devotees witnessed Kodiyettam of Thrissur Pooram at Thiruvambadi and Paramekkavu temples in a pious ambience Saturday. The flag hoisting ceremony was held at Thiruvambadi Temple at 11.45 a.m. and Paramekkavu at 12.30 p.m. In both the temples, which are the major participants of the pooram, the head priest lit the traditional oil lamps for the Kodiyettam, and bhoomi puja was held before erecting the flagpole decorated with leaves of mango and banyan trees along with flowers.
Thiruvambadi Devaswom president P. Chandrasekaran, secretary M. Madhavan Kutty, Padma Shri Sunder Menon were present. In Paramekkavu Temple, president K. Satheesh Menon and secretary J. Rajesh were present during the ceremony. The flag hoisting was held in all the eight temples situated on the Thrissur suburbs which would be part of the constituent (Ghadaka) poorams during the extravaganza.
‘Echo’ Fireworks for Kodiyettam
The traditional Kodiyettam fireworks using gundu, amittu, dynamite and palm leaf cracker was replaced by an authorised 25-mm diameter Sivakasi-made fireworks named ‘Sivakasi Echo’ by Thiruvambadi. However, as the collector did not permit the use of traditional fireworks, Paramekkavu did not conduct any fireworks.
