A view of elephants standing in line at Vadakkumnathan Temple in Thrissur during the Pooram festival last year.

A view of elephants standing in line at Vadakkumnathan Temple in Thrissur during the Pooram festival in 2015.|Picture Credit:
K.K. Najeeb.

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Just the main routines will be kept in particular temples, with the existence of maximum five persons, says Farming Minister V.S. Sunil Kumar

For the very first time because its creation, Thrissur Pooram, considered as mother of all poorams in Kerala, has actually been cancelled.

A ministerial-level meeting held in Thrissur on Wednesday, participated in by representatives of all getting involved temples, unanimously chose to cancel the Pooram in the wake of constraints of COVID-19

Farming Minister V.S. Sunil Kumar stated that the choice was since of the extension of the lockdown in connection with the pandemic till May 3. T