| Machad Mamangam | |
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 Wooden horses of Mamangam | |
| Official name | Machad Mamangam |
| Observed by | Malayalees esp.Hindus |
| Type | Temple Festival |
| Observances | Temple Festival |
| Date | Begins on first Friday of the monthKumbham (February). Festival with wooden horse (Kuthira vela) is on the coming Tuesday after first Friday. Ends on the next day. |
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Machad Mamangam (Malayalam: മച്ചാട് മാമാങ്കം) also known asMachad Kuthira Vela orThiruvanikkavu Kuthira vela is a temple festival celebrated at Thiruvanikkavu temple nearWadakkancherry inThrissur District. The festival is organised by five desams (Villages) in a competitive way.Karumathra,Viruppakka, Mangalam, Parlikadu andManalithara 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 toMalayalam 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 festivalUthralikkavu 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]
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