Centre sanctions Rs 24 lakh aid for Thrissur Pulikali teams

UNION Minister Suresh Gopi announced on Sunday that the central government has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs 3 lakh each to eight teams participating in the Pulikali Mahotsavam to be held in Thissur on September 8.

The minister, in a Facebook post, shared an order issued by the Union Ministry of Tourism sanctioning Rs 24 lakh for the event.

Pulikali is an annual folk art performance held on the fourth day of Onam, in which performers paint their bodies with tiger stripes, wear tiger face masks and dance to the beats of traditional percussion instruments.