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The pictures I
present below are taken by Herr Siegfried Lindemann, during Pooram '99. I express my
sincere thanks to Herr Lindemann, for scanning the photographs and then mailing it to me.
Madathile Varavu Kuda Maattam
Amittu - The fire works
Illumination
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The three elephants moving
towards Vadakkunnathan temple after getting the ornaments from the Brahmaswam
Madham. This ritual was started many years ago, when the head priest of the monastery
said that he will only give the decorative ornaments to the elephants, if the procession
from Thiruvambadi comes to the monastery and take it. 
The Kudamattam or changing of the parasols
is a ritual done by both the major participants of Thrissur Pooram ie. Thiruvambady
and Paramekkavu temples in a mild form of comptetition. The photograph is of the Thiruvambady
side, having a set of 10 elephants. 
The fire works display forms an integral
part of the Thrissur Pooram, and here is the picture of a fire cracker going up in the
air, and bursting. The first burst throws up another cracker, which goes up further up and
birsts again. 
Temporary towers made of wooden reeds are put up at every corner of the main circular road
in Thrissur. In the night the illumination display is put on. The towers of the main
participating temples too get illuminated.