Introduction to Aanayoottu
Festival
Elephants are an integral part of
South Indian society. In fact the elephants are hailed as sacred animals, which
justify the almost mandatory presence of elephants in the South Indian temples.
The Aanayoottoo Festival is celebrated in the precincts of the Vadakkunnathan
temple in Thrisur Kerala.
Time of Aanayootto Festival in
Thrisur
The Aanayootto Festival is held
on the first day of the month of Karkkidakam according to the Malayalam
calendar. This coincides with the month of July.
Description of Aanayootto
Festival
It is a splendid treat to the
eyes as nearly 50 unadorned elephants are positioned amid a multitude of people
for being worshipped and being fed with a delicious feast. A large number of
people throng the temple to feed the elephants. Every fourth year of `Aanayoottu,'
`gaja pooja,' is conducted. It is believed that offering poojas and delicious
feed to the elephants is a way to satisfy Lord Ganesha the god pf wealth and
wish fulfillment.
Vadakkunnathan temple, which is
considered to be one of the oldest Shiva temples in south India, has been
playing host to the Aanayottoo event for the past few years. The special feed,
of the elephants include sugar-cane leaves, coconut, jaggery and the sweet mix
of Ganapthi pooja prasadam. The feeding session begins with the chief priest of
the temple, offering the first feed usually to a cub elephant.
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