An exhibition of Pulikali accoutrements by Chakkamukku Desaham team for Pulikkali performance on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: NAJEEB K.K. Preparations are almost over for Pulikkali, the grand finale of Onam celebrations in Thrissur. The annual street pageant will be held on Wednesday. Team members, accoutrements, body painters, and drummers are ready. With bodies painted in … Read more
May in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding month. The days are long and humid. The river shrinks and black crows gorge on bright mangoes in still, dust green trees. Red bananas ripen. Jackfruits burst. Dissolute bluebottles hum vacuously in fruity air. Then they stun themselves against clear windowpanes and die, flatly baffled in the sun. … Read more
Vallachira Panchayath Onagosham The Onam celebrations of Vallachira—‘Vallachira Panchayath Onagosham’— is set to go global. A Responsible Tourism Company, The Blue Yonder, along with Kerala Tourism is pivoting the festivities of the village, 15 kms from Thrissur, as a showcase for travellers. A pre Onam festival held in July 2023, had 25 vloggers and industry stakeholders … Read more
A few days after the suspicious death of a youth in Thrissur district, the police on Sunday arrested the deceased person’s wife in connection with the murder. Vinod Kalavarakkunnu of Varantharappilly, a daily wage worker, died in a hospital on July 11. The police on Sunday arrested his wife Nisha, 43, an employee of a … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a youth rally organised in connection with the Youth Congress State meet to be held in Thrissur from May 23 to 26. Addressing the District Congress leadership meet here on Wednesday, Benny Behanan, MP, said the Youth Congress meet would create history with the massive participation of youth. Source … Read more
A sea of humanity witnessed the Kudamattam ceremony in Thrissur Pooram on Sunday. | Photo Credit: NAJEEB KK Revellers packed the streets on Sunday to soak in festive spirit of Thrissur Pooram, where religious ardour mingled with carnival spirit. The festival kept its promise to be picture perfect. It was religiously conservative and yet headily … Read more
Traditional sadhya served on banana leaf Inji puli (Different regions) Serving size: 2 cups | Cooking duration: Preparation time: 15 minutes | Cooking time: 20 minutes Inji puli Ingredients Tamarind – 1 lime sized piece Ginger – 200 grams Green chillies – 5 Jaggery- 100 grams Roasted red rice – 50 grams Chilli powder – … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah. File | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Kerala on Sunday during which he will address a rally, besides attending other programmes, officials said on Saturday. Mr. Shah will visit the Sakthan Thampuran Palace in Thrissur in the afternoon before offering prayers at the Sree Vadakkunathan … Read more
A soup mix or rasam mix with moringa (drumstick) leaf powder in it? Or a payasam that has moringa flesh as one of the ingredients? These are value-added products with moringa that entrepreneur Ambika Somasundaran manufactures at her unit, Kariat Dry Foods, at Marottichal in Puthur panchayat, Thrissur district. Now she is excited that some … Read more
Pathanamthitta and Kottayam are the districts most hit by the torrential rain. (Twitter/ANI) Several regions in south and central Kerala went under water as heavy rainfall lashed the state. As visuals of rivers in spate amid the torrential downpour hit social media, the India Meteorological Department issued a ‘red alert’ and warned of extremely heavy … Read more