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The Aanayoottu (feeding of elephants) is a festival held in the precincts of the Vadakkunnathan temple in City of Thrissur in Kerala. The festival falls on the first day of the month of Karkkidakam (timed against the Malayalam calendar) which coincides with the month of July. It involves a number of unadorned elephants being positioned amid a multitude of people for being worshipped and fed.