Machad Mamangam

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Machad Mamangam
Machad Mamangam001.jpg
Wooden horses of Mamangam
Official nameMachad Mamangam
Observed byMalayalees esp. Hindus
TypeTemple Festival
ObservancesTemple Festival
DateBegins on first Friday of the month Kumbham (February). Festival with wooden horse (Kuthira vela) is on the coming Tuesday after first Friday. Ends on the next day.

Coordinates: 10°38′08.9″N 76°15′35.3″E / 10.635806°N 76.259806°E / 10.635806; 76.259806

Machad Mamangam (Malayalam: മച്ചാട് മാമാങ്കം) also known as Machad Kuthira Vela or Thiruvanikkavu Kuthira vela is a temple festival celebrated at Thiruvanikkavu temple near Wadakkancherry in Thrissur District. The festival is organised by five desams (Villages) in a competitive way. Karumathra, Viruppakka, Mangalam, Parlikadu and Manalithara are the 5 main participants of the festival. Thekkumkara, Punnamparambu, and Panangattukara are desams who take initiative in conducting pooram once in every three years. The festival starts with a parapurappadu on first Friday of Kumbham according to Malayalam calendar. On the coming Tuesday the real festival vela is celebrated with wooden horses made by different desams.

According to the legend the king of ruling that area wished to conduct the festival by live horses as a competition towards the elephant festival Uthralikkavu Pooram, but due to the lack of horses in Kerala and inability to domesticate horses he abandoned that wish and started celebrating with artificial horses. [1][2][3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Machad Mamangam brings alive rural charm". The Hindu. 18 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Machad Mamangam, festival with a difference". The Hindu. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Machad Mamankam held". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Thrissur celebrates mamangam". Times of India. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
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