Panamkurussikavu Pooram is the festival celebrated in association with the
Panamkurussikavu temple. The temple is located at
Mannarkkad taluk in
Palakkad District. The presiding deity of the temple is Goddess Bhagavati.
The festivities last for eight days starting from the Makayiram asterism of the Malayalam month
Meenam (March-April). The 6th and the 7th days are called Valiyarattu and Pooram. On the sixth day, the goddess is bathed in the temple pond. There are many folk arts such as Thayampaka Melam, and other classical dances such as Kathakali or devotional dance called 'Bale' conducted the whole night.
On the final day (Pooram day), the Vela procession starts from Chethallur Srikrishna Temple, Pulikkal Sivakshetram and Srikrishna Kshetram of Vellinezhi. Mambra Desam, Mankuzhi Vela, Thekkan Vela, Thazhekode Vela join at the temple compound in the evening. The main attraction is the Panchavadyam, Melam, Shingari Melam, Kumbhattam, Thara Vesham, and Poothana Vesham along with 30 caparisoned elephants lined accordingly. Devotees and other people throng the temple in large numbers to watch this ceremony. The pooram concludes with the holy bath in the adjacent river (Arattu kadavu) on the eighth day.
