Kerala HC Permits 'Pappanji' Burning During New Year Celebrations In Kochi, Suggests Increasing Breadth Of Barricade Around Effigy
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Kerala HC Permits 'Pappanji' Burning During New Year Celebrations In Kochi, Suggests Increasing Breadth Of Barricade Around Effigy

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The Kerala High Court on Friday permitted 'Pappanji' burning at Veli Ground in Fort Kochi for the New Year Celebrations this year The development comes after Mattancherry police had issued a stop memo against erecting and burning of the Pappanji–which is an effigy. Permitting the burning of the effigy the court also suggested to the authorities to increase the breadth of barricade around the effigy. For context, 'Pappanji' is the effigy of an old man erected at the Fort Kochi beach for the New Year Celebrations. Reportedly, the Police had issued the stop memo citing safety issues in burning the 35 feet effigy.

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KOCHI: Even as the Cochin Carnival reaches a feverish pitch, a tense situation continues to prevail at the Veli Ground in Fort Kochi after the police ordered the dismantling of a 40-feet-tall Pappanji, a giant effigy of an old man symbolising the passing year, placed at the venue. The burning of the effigy at the Veli Ground would pose “serious …

Mattanchery Police ask organisers to remove 50-ft-tall effigy at Kochi’s Veli Ground
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The Hindu  

City police have asked the organisers of the Gala de Fort Kochi club, who have set up a nearly 50ft-tall Pappanji, at the Veli Ground in Fort Kochi, to remove the effigy citing safety and security concerns. The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mattancherry, issued a notice to the organisers the other day to remove the effigy after pointing out the …

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