Elephants in Pooram decorated with Caparisons,with men holding silk parassols,peacock feather fans and White tufts along with panchavadyam or typical Kerala orchestra of five instruments.#Ernakulam Siva temple
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How beautiful this photo! What event is it? What is its origin?
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@NikhilPillai Wow so interesting, what time of the year is that festival?
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Hi @LucaBat
The pic is taken from a temple festival at Ernakulam , Kerala,India where in elephants are decorated during the festival times and there wil be typical orchestra with five local traditional instruments .More details at
Check out this review of Ernakulam Shiva Temple on Google Maps
https://goo.gl/maps/5AfmyutfUahcwahJ7
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Hi @Thai_Ngh
In Kerala temple festival season starts in November and goes on till May .There will be annual festivals across all the temples and Elephants are considered to be an integral part of our celebrations.The picture w published was taken from a temple festival in February ,2020
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@NikhilPillai Thanks so much for your information!
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@NikhilPillai Thank you for your information
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Check this pic too , beautiful one
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@NikhilPillai I am fascinated by this event and the photos you have posted. I saw your comment on google maps! Beautiful. Thanks!
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Thank You @LucaBat
Whenever possible try to visit Kerala ,God’s own country 
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@NikhilPillai it really brings back some memories for me. This is the temple grounds that I saw the tallest elephant in Kerala, Ramachandran. And one of my faourite places for food is Gokul Ottupura just next to the Shiva temple.
Timely post, that Thrissur pooram (although not physically possible to be held) was yesterday.
Thanks for sharing. Which part of Kerala do you live in?
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Thanks @StephenAbraham
It’s one of the major and beautiful Siva temple in Kerala
Think that Hotel Gokul Oottupura is there for decades and recently got renovated.
I am based out of Cochin only
Unfortunately due to the Pandemic ,all the Poorams got cancelled including Thrissur Pooram and this years festival season also got wiped off . Really a sad moment for all pooram lovers .Let’s hope for the best