Chinakathoor Kavupooram at Sree Chinakathoor Bhagavathy Temple at Palappuram is one of the main pooram festivals of Kerala. It is celebrated in the month of February- March. The major attractions of the festival are Kuthiravela and Kaalavela. Kuthiravela is the procession of decorated motifs of horses and Kaalavela  that of the bull. A grand procession of caparisoned elephants is also held and there is a magnificent fire work display in the evening and mid-night. As a ritual, for seventeen days preceding the festival, a shadow puppet play called Tholppavakoothu is performed.