; 'गोसोबोकथाबनायै साकथान थामपुरानआ जायखौ बियो सानदोंमोन फिनहोफिननाय पुरमनि मोनदांनाय
Interestingly, Shakthan Thampuran conceived of the Pooram to counter what he thought was an peremptory section of the temple-owing priestly aristocracy; the pooram was to be a people's festival.