Kochi, May 5 -- Top officials including Kerala temple affairs minister VN Vasavan, revenue minister and district in-charge K Rajan and Thrissur MP Suresh Gopi reviewed the arrangements for the annual Thrissur Pooram festival scheduled to be held on Tuesday.

The sample display of bursting of firecrackers in the run up to the Pooram festivities was conducted on Sunday evening in which one personnel of the Fire and Rescue Services suffered simple injuries. He was hospitalised following the incident.

The Thrissur Pooram is the largest Hindu temple festival in Kerala and is attended by thousands of people. Celebrated on the grounds of the Vadakkumnathan temple in the heart of Thrissur town, it features processions involving dozens of percuss...