Thrissur, April 26 -- A large sea of humanity has started moving into the Vadakkunnathan temple premises in the heart of Thrissur city since this morning as the famous Thrissur Pooram started with rituals of Kanimangalam Sastha arriving with nine caprisoned tuskers and percussion ensemble.
It was followed by Karamuku Bhagavathy and Ayyanthole Karthyayani temple deities.
In the wake of the Mundathicode fireworks store tragedy this week in which 15 were killed and many injured, the main attraction of fireworks was abandoned by the authorities and the famous Kudamattam (exchange of colourful parasols) has been scaled down to just 15 minutes from the usual more than one hour.
Without fireworks and Kudamattam, the percussion ensemble will tak...