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Guys, you want to see heaven on earth? music at its culmination? elephants, the magnificent beasts at its mighty? the biggest orchestration on earth?  come to “God’s own country”. Today is an auspicious day for us coz today is our prestigious “ Thrissur Pooram ”(Pooram means festival and Thrissur is a district in Kerala), the grandest festival because of its finery and orchestration. i don’t know how many Indians outside Kerala know about this, but its time for everyone to get a taste of this  extravaganza. This is not all, the best part is at the culmination of festival when the fireworks begin, its a view worth watching. Fireworks will last for 3 hours with out a pause. At the end the entire city will be raining debris from fireworks. You must see the “Panthal”, we have a Guinness record for the biggest one ever built. Another highlight is the showcase of umbrellas(called “Kudamattam”, Kuda=umbrella, mattam=change) mounted on elephants. People from  countries like Ger...

I W elcome you all to our prestigious Kerala School Art Festival 2012 (Kerala Kaloltsavam). Present It is a one week grand festival kicked off at Jan 16th (From Jan 16 to Jan 22). It is a cultural extravaganza which showcases our state's various art forms and literature. It is a high school level competition (from high school to plus two). We have school level and district level competition before reaching this grand finale, where talents are at its zenith. It is a platform where you can can see upcoming talents in the fields of classical instruments and music, folk music, wide range of traditional dance forms of our country and also talents in literature. In a nutshell,it is a balance which weighs our state's talent in art forms and literature. It is the 52nd Kerala Art-Festival which is going on in Thrissur, the cultural capital and also world famous for our "Thrissur Pooram". The festival is monitored by the education department of the state...