Thrissur is the cultural capital of Kerala. Its cultural, religious and spiritual abundance has been historically recorded and is still preserved. The city is also denoted as the ‘Golden capital of Kerala’ because of the surprisingly high sales of gold happening here every year. In fact, there will be no other district in Kerala that would be doing consistently well in business over years.
Thrissur pooram, known as the mother of all pooram festival is celebrated every year in April-May. Thrissur pooram is colorfully spectacular and pulls in a large number of tourists from all over the world to the city only to watch this festival. During Onam, the streets of Thrissur attract people from across the world to view a special event known as Pulikali (Tiger Dance), where the artists paint their bodies like tigers with stripes of yellow, red and black and dance to the rhythm of traditional percussion instruments.
