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Playing with Fire: How safe are Kerala's festivals? | Thrissur Pooram

  • April 23 , 2026

Kerala's most famous festival, the Thrissur Pooram, is set to begin on April 26th. But this year, a dark shadow looms over the festival ever since a fireworks assembling unit preparing for the Pooram exploded, killing 14 people and injuring over 40.

But this tragedy is not the first time festival fireworks ended in a disaster. In fact, Kerala has been playing with fire for a long time.

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