The decorated temple elephants at Thrissur Pooram
Each elephant is accompanied by five musicians on foot, who play panchavadyam (five musical instruments played in tandem). The musical performance goes on for three hours as three hundrerd musicians gather together under the Elanjithara tree inside the Vaddakunathan temple. This musical performance is known as elanjithara melam. The thirty elephants, covered in gold headgear and colourful umbrellas, rest under the giant trees that surround this temple enjoying a snack of bananas and coconut leaves, as the music reaches a crescendo. The musical beat is binaural. This ancient temple is around 600 years old and one can see several five hundred year old trees located around this beautiful temple whose architecture is no different from the traditional houses of Kerala.
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