Kottakkal pooram is a temple festival in Sree Viswambhara Temple, Kottakkal

Kottakkal

Kottakkal is a town and a municipality in Malappuram District in Kerala, south India. It has 32 Wards. The National Highway 17 separates the municipality from Edarikkode Panchayath on some part in the west. It is an Eranadan town located 12 km south-west of Malappuram, the district...

, Malappuram District in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is celebrated to honour Dhanvantari

Dhanvantari

Dhanvantari is an Avatar of Vishnu from the Hindu tradition. He appears in the Vedas and Puranas as the physician of the gods , and the god of Ayurvedic medicine...

, the patron god of medicine and health.http://www.cocohol.com/kerala_tourism/malappuram-kerala.php The grand celebrations in connection with the festival also includes cultural programmes by famous artists. During the seven days, famous classical artistes of the country perform here.
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