Trip to Trichur

Darshana had already booked for her holiday to Palakkad while we were in Mumbai.Hence both Uma and me went to pick her on 18th June from Coimbature. She landed at CBE and after some refreshments which we had picked up from Nilgiris reached Palakkad in the evening.
To make her holiday complete we had planned couple of trips outside Palakkad. We decided to go to Trichur to finalise our kitchen design for our new house.
Trichur is around 60 kms from Pallakad and is famous for the Pooram festival. Thrissur Pooram is celebrated at the surroundings of Vadakunathan Temple , situated on a hillock ,right in the centre of the city, on the Pooram day in the month of Medom (April-May). Processions of richly caparisoned elephants accompanied by percussion ensembles from various neighbouring temples culminate at the
Vadakumnathan temple. The most impressive processions are those Thriuvambadi Bhagavathy from the Thiruvambadi nSri>Krishna Temple and the Paramekkavu Bhagavathi from Parmekavu temple. The celebrations which last for over 36 hours includes parasol displays . Early morning at around 3' 0 Clock a spectacular display of fireworks begins which lasts for almost three hours. The display of fireworks is a competition between two parties representing the two divisions of Trichur, Paramekkavu and Tiruvuvampadi vying with each other to make their displays grander than the other. The festival terminates by afternoon.
Trichur also is famous because I had studied almost three years here.

It was a very tough job but I was able to navigate and reach this school without outside help. It was a nostalgic feeling of reaching this place after 45 years. The entire surroundings had changed. Darshana was thrilled .
We also went to see the house where I stayed during my student days . The famous house "Gitanchali" is not there anymore but a very modern house stood in that place.We were very easily able to find the house where Uma's parents had stayed , there is not much of change for that house.
My brother Suresh had studied in a "Kundanedavazhi " School which has totally disappeared.
Before we reached Trichur there is a ghat section which is known as Kuthiran hills. In the olden days this used to be tortourous drive and there is a Ayyappa temple there right on top of the hills. We decided to get down at the temple, I was very pleasantly surprised to find this temple also quite prosperous .They have a huge mandapam where I understand every day Annadanam for everybody visiting the temple is performed.
Rest in next.