Pooram Festival

It's one of the most popular festival in India which carries through in the temple Vadakkunnathan every year. It is a 36 hours continous pooram attracting a huge mass of people from different places including international  tourists.
One of the major event is "Madathil varavu" where there are more than 200 artists playing the different types of instruments (like drums, trumpets, cymbals and so on).

Just two days before the pooram, there is a huge exhibition of elephants decoration. About 50 elephants are decorated with golden headdress, bells, ornaments and umbrellas. 

The pooram finished with a spectacular fireworks which is held in the next day early morning after the pooram. 

You can see this famous event in this video: Pooram festival