Not as crowded as Kumbh Mela.
But for a city in Kerala it’s very very crowded. Generally the kerala markets are not this buzzing. This street is peculiar too - all traffic is banned and not even bi-cycles are there. The streets are now paved there are “ornamental” street lamps. These changes happened recently. At the entrance of the street there is the statue of a novelist who wrote about the street and he is looking down the street. May be I am little too attached to this city and street :-)