Top Things to do in Thrissur District
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Things to do in Thrissur District, Kerala: The Best Sacred & Religious Sites
Discover the best top things to do in Thrissur District, India including Arattupuzha Temple, Kodungallur Bhagavathi Temple, Shatrughna Temple, Vylongara Kalari, Guruvayur Temple, Guruvayur Temple, Venkitachalapathy Temple, Vadakkunnathan Temple, Chowalloor Shiva Temple, Cheraman Juma Masjid Mosque.
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1. Arattupuzha Temple
2. Kodungallur Bhagavathi Temple
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 42 reviews
Reviewed By sikhilviswam - Thrissur District, India
Remarkable that the ancient Hindu rituals and practices are preserved here. It stands testimony to the ability of Hinduism to survive the onslaught of conversions and changes that pass of time brings about. The rituals here give you a bird's eye view how a simple way of worship of nature evolved to the present form thanks to the very powerful presiding deity. Any one visiting the temple with devotion will stand to benefit immensely.
3. Shatrughna Temple
4. Vylongara Kalari
5. Guruvayur Temple
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By Cyhormazani
A huge elephant temple about 90-100 kms from Kochi. Very well kept, clean, sanitised and well organised temple of worship. Ample of security and helpful volunteers. Some key points - Temple remains closed from 1pm to 4:30pm. There is a huge procession before the temple opens. So one needs to wait in line. Non Hindus strictly not allowed. Men need to wear a lungi (sarong) and bare chested before entering the temple. If you give a 1000/- donation you can skip the Que. Over all a very peaceful and serene environment. A must visit, even if a non Hindu, plenty of other things to see.
6. Guruvayur Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,108 reviews
Reviewed By UnmeshN2 - Bhopal, India
A blissful early morning visit to see Lord Guruvayurappa is always on our to do list whenever I get to visit Kerala. It is always an amazing experience to visit this place. This time we were lucky to see the Guruvayur elephant Keshavan(he is very huge and cute at the same time), we even offered bananas for him to eat and he finished it in seconds. Overall experience was as usual.. Amazing!!
7. Venkitachalapathy Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 56 reviews
Reviewed By vipina776 - Lucknow, India
This temple dedicated to Sri Tirupati Balaji is situated in Guruvayur . Legend has it that around 1000 years ago ,a devotee of Lord Balaji came here and expressed his wish to Lord Krishna to establish a temple for the Vishnu Lord. He got permission and then built this temple . Built in typical Kerala style sloped roofs , very nice ambience inside the temple premises. You can do lots of poojas in here . Tranquil and peaceful
8. Vadakkunnathan Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 487 reviews
Reviewed By RajeeshRj - Bengaluru, India
Vadakkumnathan Temple is an ancient Hindu templededicated to Shiva at city of Thrissur, of Kerala statein India. This temple is a classic example of the architectural style of Kerala and has monumental towers on all four sides and also a kuttambalam. Mural paintings depicting various episodes from Mahabharata can be seen inside the temple.The shrines and the Kuttambalam display vignettes carved in wood. The temple, along with the mural paintings, has been declared as a National Monument by India under the AMASR Act. According to popular local lore, this is the first temple built by Parasurama, the sixth avatar of Vishnu. Thekkinkadu maidan, encircling the Vadakkunnathan Temple, is the main venue of the Thrissur Pooram. The story of the origin of the Vadakkunnathan Temple is briefly narrated in Brahmanda Purana and there are references to it in some other works also. Though there are differences between these accounts on the details, all agree on the central fact, namely, that the temple was founded by Parashurama. Parashurama exterminated Kshatriyastwenty one times. In order to cleanse himself and balance his karma he performed a yajna at the end of which he gave away all the land to Brahmins as dakshina. He wanted to retire to some new land to perform tapasya and so he requested the Lord of the seas and oceans Varuna to throw up a new piece of land from the sea. According to another version, some sages approached him at the end of the yajna and requested him to give them some secluded land. Parashurama then made the request to Varuna for their sake. Varuna gave him a winnow (surpa) and asked him to hurl it into the sea, as he did a large territory of land was at once thrown up by the sea; this territory that rose out of the sea was Kerala. It was then known by the name "Surparaka", from the word, "Surpa" meaning winnow. According to some other accounts, Varuna asked Parashurama to hurl his axe into the sea. Parashurama now wanted to consecrate this new land. So he went to Mount Kailash to his guru, Lord Shiva and requested him to take abode in Kerala and thereby bless the region. Shri Shiva accompanied by his wife Parvati, his sons Ganesha and Subrahmanyaand his parashadas went along with Parashurama, to satisfy the desire of his disciple. Shiva stopped at a spot, now Thrissur, for his seat and later he and his party disappeared and Parashurama saw a bright and radiant Shiva linga (aniconic symbol of Shiva) at the foot of a huge banyan tree. This place where Shiva first manifested his presence through the linga is in Smskrth (Sanskrit) known as the Sri Moola Sthana. For sometime, the linga remained at Sri Mula Sthanaat the foot of a huge banyan tree. The ruler of Cochin Kingdom then decided to shift the linga to a more convenient place and enclose it in a temple. Arrangements were soon made to reinstall the deity in the new place. But there was an initial difficulty. The linga could not be removed without cutting off a large part of the banyan tree. While cutting the branches of the tree, there was the danger of a piece of it falling on the idol and damaging it. When the ruler and the others did not know what to do, the Yogatirippadu came forward with a solution. He lay over the deity so as to cover it completely and asked the men to cut the tree. The cutting began and to the wonder of all not a piece of the tree fell anywhere near the deity. The deity was moved with all due rituals and installed in the new place where it has remained till now. Then a temple was built according to the rules laid down in the Shastras.
9. Chowalloor Shiva Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 26 reviews
Reviewed By vipina776 - Lucknow, India
Chowalloor Shiva Temple is situated 3 kms away from the famous Guruvayur Sri Krishna temple. It is said that this Shiva temple is 1000 years old and considered one of 108 Shivalayas or abodes of Shiva. The legend has it the deity of Thrissur Sree Vadakunnatha Temple manifested himself on an umbrella carried by one of his devotees from Chowalloor Mazhavannoor Mana, who used to walk all the way to Thrissur to daily pay homage to the Lord. When he became too old to walk and worship Shiva regularly, the Lord is believed to have accompanied him to Chowalloor. The Swayambhoo idol of Lord Siva is seen facing west in the temple, whereas his consort Goddess Parvati is facing east, which reflects that the showering blessings in all directions. Very peaceful and powerful place . There is a Lord Krishna temple too adjacent to the Siva temple.
10. Cheraman Juma Masjid Mosque
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By borhancikgu - Penang, Malaysia
I have always wanted to visit this oldest mosque in India and I had the opportunity to visit this mosque recently. Close to Cochin Airport in Kodangallur. Impressed with its history. But the actual face has a new touch even though you find some of the old architecture intact inside the mosque. It is said that this mosque was built during Prophet Muhammad’s time. It has a small museum which I feel can be made an attraction to this part of India with more historical things and a proper display. Probably the history of the mosque could have been explained in detail with some art work. There is a replica of the actual mosque inside and I feel it could have been made better. Overall the mosque is a must if you are in Cochin. Congratulations to the management for the good work they are doing to preserve its glorious past.
