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1 week, 4 days ago

Kollam Pooram: permission for fireworks display denied

Additional District Magistrate G. Nirmal Kumar has denied permission for fireworks display in connection with Kollam Pooram, the last day of the annual festival of the Asramam Sri Krishna Swamy temple. Severity of accidents The decision also takes into account the severity of accidents that have occurred in the district in the past due to fireworks displays conducted without proper …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Thrissur Pooram ‘disruption’ inquiry points to avoidable oversights, suggests corrective steps

The Hindu

A State police investigation into the alleged disruption of the Thrissur Pooram, which arguably put the Left Democratic Front government on the defensive ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, has reportedly pointed to a succession of avoidable oversights but stops short of directly apportioning blame to any entity involved in the iconic festival’s conduct. Officials privy to the …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Kerala-made mechanical elephants are making their way into temples in South India

The Hindu

For the fifth edition of the Dubai Pooram at the Etisalat Academy Ground in Dubai on December 2, 2024, four elephants were paraded in all their festive regalia. A few temples in Kerala have voluntarily moved to mechanical elephants possibly because rules for parading an elephant in a temple have become strict as a result of the attacks. Apart from …

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3 months ago

ADGP’s report on Thrissur Pooram disruption leaked, blames Thiruvambady devaswom

Hindustan Times

The inquiry report by MR Ajith Kumar on the disruption of Thrissur Pooram festivities, which was dismissed by the DGP as “wanting” and “incomplete” and a copy of which was leaked to the media on Monday, has allegedly blamed the Thiruvambady devaswom for intentionally spoiling the festivities for vested interests. MR Ajith Kumar Thiruvambady devaswom, or temple administration, is one …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court halts Kerala HC's 'impractical' rules on elephant in temple fests

India Today

At the famous Thrissur Pooram, it’s a centuries-old tradition that a large number of decorated elephants are paraded for all to see. And on Thursday, Supreme Court kept the tradition in mind to temporarily halt the restrictions imposed by the Kerala High Court on the use of elephants in temple festivals. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and N …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Thrissur Pooram will come to 'grinding halt', temple boards tell Supreme Court

India Today

Two important temple boards in Kerala moved Supreme Court against Kerala High Court’s order regarding the restrictions during the conduct of festivals, such as Thrissur Pooram. The petition challenged the Kerala High Court’s festival-centric directions for the conduct of Thrissur Pooram and other festivals, especially those involving elephants. According to the temple management committees, if the Kerala High Court’s festival-centric …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tradition or safety? How Kerala govt is in a spot over curbs on elephant parades

India Today

Kerala’s renowned temple festivals, attracting hundreds of thousands of people, are unimaginable without the traditional elephant parades. The fate of these majestic shows now hangs in the balance with the Kerala High Court questioning their indispensability and stipulating a minimum three-metre gap between each elephant taking part in parades done in the public or at temples. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Gopinath …

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4 months ago

Thrissur Pooram | Police Unwarrantedly Interfered In Pooram Rituals: Thiruvambady Devaswom Tells Kerala High Court

Live Law

Thiravambady Devaswom in their written statements submitted before the Kerala High Court that there was interference from the part of the police in the ezhunellippu. They submitted that the police had blocked the roads to Swaraj Road and the people could not view or participate in the ezhunellippu. The Devaswom was replying to the writ filed seeking details of the …

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4 months ago

Police disrupted Thrissur Pooram, Thiruvambady Devaswom tells Kerala HC

New Indian Express

KOCHI: The Thiruvambady Devaswom has informed the Kerala High Court that the devotees who came to participate, witness, and celebrate Thrissur Pooram were prevented, and the festival abruptly brought to a grinding halt by the police personnel deployed at the venue. Last week, the Cochin Devaswom Board had told the HC that certain actions of the Thiruvambady Devaswom during the …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Thiruvambady Devaswom’s actions during Pooram suspicious, CDB in Kerala HC

New Indian Express

KOCHI: The Cochin Devaswom Board has told the Kerala High Court that certain actions of the Thiruvambady Devaswom during the Thrissur pooram had given rise to suspicions that they were aimed at aiding certain political parties to influence the Lok Sabha elections. Giving credence to the CPI’s claim of a concerted effort to disrupt the pooram, the CDB, in a …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Pooram lovers feel HC restrictions on parading elephants will cast shadow over festivities

The Hindu

As the festival season draws near, a cloud of uncertainty hangs over Kerala’s iconic elephant parades. The recent High Court ruling, which imposes tough new restrictions, has sparked disappointment and worry among elephant enthusiasts and festival lovers. Poorolsava Samrakshana Koottayma, an informal group formed to protect festival traditions, conducted a symbolic pooram at the Thekke Gopura Nada of the Thekkinkadu …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Cochin Devaswom Board urges devaswoms to find new waste disposal solutions for Thrissur Pooram

New Indian Express

THRISSUR: While a decision on the rent for Thekkinkadu Maidan to conduct the Thrissur Pooram Exhibition remains pending, the Cochin Devaswom Board has urged the Thiruvambady and Paramekkavu devaswoms to find a solution for disposing of the waste generated during the Thrissur Pooram starting in 2025. Every year, the waste is removed from Thekkinkadu Maidan after the Pooram as a …

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Union Minister Accused of Misusing Ambulance During Thrissur Pooram

ABP News

Union Minister Suresh Gopi and two others have been booked for allegedly misusing an ambulance during the Thrissur Pooram festivities in April this year. The case was registered following a complaint filed by K P Sumesh, a local CPI leader, seeking legal action against Gopi for allegedly misusing an ambulance to reach the festival venue flouting police restrictions.

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Union Minister Accused of Misusing Ambulance During Thrissur Pooram

Deccan Chronicle

Union Minister Suresh Gopi has been booked for allegedly misusing an ambulance during the Thrissur Pooram festivities in April this year. The case was registered against him and two others by the Thrissur East Police. The FIR alleges that Gopi and the other accused acted as part of the election campaign strategy and travelled in an ambulance owned by Seva …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Union Minister Suresh Gopi Admits Using Ambulance to Reach Thrissur Pooram Venue

The Hindu

Union Minister Suresh Gopi has admitted using an ambulance to reach the Thrissur Pooram venue due to health issues. He initially denied using an ambulance and challenged a CBI investigation, but BJP district President K.K. Aneesh Kumar later said that Gopi travelled to the city by his car and only used the ambulance for a brief distance to access the …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress leader calls for investigation into Thrissur Pooram controversy, demands action against responsible officials

The Hindu

Congress leader K.C. Venugopal has called for an investigation into the Thrissur Pooram controversy, urging action against those responsible. He criticized the police investigation as inadequate and suggests it lacks a genuine approach. Venugopal also expressed confidence in the Congress-led United Democratic Front's chances of securing a significant majority in the upcoming byelections in Kerala.

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6 months ago

New political battle lines emerge over police report on Pooram disruption

The Hindu

New battle lines emerged on Sunday over the yet-to-be-published police investigation report on the alleged conspiracy to disrupt the iconic Thrissur Pooram festival, ostensibly to “slyly advantage” the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency by stoking Hindu majoritarian resentment in the run-up to the parliamentary polls. The boundaries of the unfolding political skirmish appeared blurred, with the …

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6 months ago

Pinarayi Vijayan deliberately delayed Thrissur Pooram investigation report: Prathapan

The Hindu

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee working president T.N. Prathapan has accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of deliberately delaying the Thrissur Pooram investigation report by five months. Addressing the media persons here on Saturday, he claimed that the Chief Minister instructed the report to be shelved to protect Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, M.R. Both Devaswoms were summoned for …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Suresh Gopi’s victory and Thrissur Pooram disruption not linked, says Surendran

The Hindu

BJP State president K. Surendran has said that actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi’s victory from the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency as a National Democratic Alliance candidate had nothing to do with the disruptions of the Pooram festivities. Mr. Surendran claimed that Mr. Satheesan’s allegations were completely baseless, and accused the Opposition leader of acting at the behest of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Kunhalikutty seeks Pinarayi Vijayan’s response over ADGP-Hosabale meeting

The Hindu

Indian Union Muslim League leader P.K. Kunhalikutty has sought Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s response over the reported meeting between M.R. “It is being alleged that the Thrissur Pooram festivities were messed up to help the BJP win the Lok Sabha election from that constituency. The Left Democratic Front, which claims to be the champions of minority rights, and the BJP, …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Thrissur Pooram controversy: LDF MLA alleges ADGP Ajith Kumar of gold smuggling

Live Mint

Recent allegations by LDF MLA P V Anvar against senior IPS officer M R Ajith Kumar have brought renewed attention to the Thrissur Pooram controversy in Kerala. As reported by PTI, Anvar claimed in a Facebook post that Ajith Kumar, the ADGP, was responsible for the police interventions during the Pooram rituals, which marred the festival held in April this …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Youth attacked in Kondhwa on suspicion of being police informer

Hindustan Times

PUNE The Kondhwa police have booked three youths for attacking a youth with choppers over suspicion that he was a police informant who tipped them about the house of an accused on July 26. The incident took place outside Konark Pooram Society gate around 8 pm where the three accused attacked him with sharp weapons. The victim identified as Mohammad …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Don't Want To Be Minister, Want My Projects For Kerala To Be Implemented: Suresh Gopi

Deccan Chronicle

Thrissur: Actor-cum-politician Suresh Gopi on Thursday said he was not looking to become a Union minister as all he wants is that the ministries implement the projects he proposes for the welfare of the people of Kerala. Gopi, who registered a historic win for the BJP in Kerala by winning the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat, requested that he not be …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Stung by defeat, Muraleedharan to take a break from politics

New Indian Express

THRISSUR: Disappointed by the inefficient Congress campaign that helped BJP clinch a victory in Thrissur, UDF candidate K Muraleedharan on Tuesday announced that he would stay away from active politics for a while. Pointing out that the unprecedented failure in Thrissur was a result of a split in minority votes, he said, “There was consolidation of Muslim votes in areas …

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Kollam Pooram: permission for fireworks display denied

Thrissur Pooram ‘disruption’ inquiry points to avoidable oversights, suggests corrective steps

Kerala-made mechanical elephants are making their way into temples in South India

ADGP’s report on Thrissur Pooram disruption leaked, blames Thiruvambady devaswom

Supreme Court halts Kerala HC's 'impractical' rules on elephant in temple fests

Thrissur Pooram will come to 'grinding halt', temple boards tell Supreme Court

Tradition or safety? How Kerala govt is in a spot over curbs on elephant parades

Thrissur Pooram | Police Unwarrantedly Interfered In Pooram Rituals: Thiruvambady Devaswom Tells Kerala High Court

Police disrupted Thrissur Pooram, Thiruvambady Devaswom tells Kerala HC

Thiruvambady Devaswom’s actions during Pooram suspicious, CDB in Kerala HC

Pooram lovers feel HC restrictions on parading elephants will cast shadow over festivities

Cochin Devaswom Board urges devaswoms to find new waste disposal solutions for Thrissur Pooram

Union Minister Accused of Misusing Ambulance During Thrissur Pooram

Union Minister Accused of Misusing Ambulance During Thrissur Pooram

Union Minister Suresh Gopi Admits Using Ambulance to Reach Thrissur Pooram Venue

Congress leader calls for investigation into Thrissur Pooram controversy, demands action against responsible officials

New political battle lines emerge over police report on Pooram disruption

Pinarayi Vijayan deliberately delayed Thrissur Pooram investigation report: Prathapan

Suresh Gopi’s victory and Thrissur Pooram disruption not linked, says Surendran

Kunhalikutty seeks Pinarayi Vijayan’s response over ADGP-Hosabale meeting

Thrissur Pooram controversy: LDF MLA alleges ADGP Ajith Kumar of gold smuggling

Youth attacked in Kondhwa on suspicion of being police informer

Don't Want To Be Minister, Want My Projects For Kerala To Be Implemented: Suresh Gopi

Stung by defeat, Muraleedharan to take a break from politics