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Rama Varma Kunhjippilla Thampuran, or Rama Varma IX, popularly known as Sakthan Thampuran, was the ruler of the Kingdom of Cochin. He was the King of Cochin and his palace was in Thrissur City. The city of Thrissur is the Cultural Capital of Kerala and Sakthan Thampuran is the very architect of the City of Thrissur.

The Thrissur Pooram or “Mother of all Poorams”, as it was known, was the brainchild of Sakthan Thampuran. In those days Arattupuzha Pooram was the largest temple festival in Kerala. Temples in and around the city of Thrissur were regular participants, Once they were denied entry to Arattupuzha Pooram because they were late. All the late participant temples went to Sakthan Thampuran, the Maharaja of Cochin, and complained about this bias. Thampuran invited all these temples to bring their deities to Thrissur and pay obeisance to Lord Shiva, the deity of the Vadakkunnathan Temple.

Thampuran classified the participants into two groups, the Western and the Eastern. The Western group consisted of the Thiruvambady, Kanimangalam, Laloor, Ayyanthole, and Nethilakkavu temples while the Paramekkavu, Karamukku, Chembukavu, Choorakottukavu and Panamukkamppilly temples came under the eastern group.