Location: Thrissur
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Top 10 Things to do in Thrissur, Kerala
Thrissur is regarded as the cultural capital of Kerala, a beautiful coastal region of southwest India with a history deeply rooted in the spice trade. For an exercise in absolute serenity, schedule an overnight houseboat tour of the local backwaters. If you’re lucky enough to visit during the temple festival of Pooram, you’ll experience lively music performances, fireworks, shadow puppet shows and processionals of beautifully adorned elephants.
Restaurants in Thrissur
1. Athirappilly Waterfalls
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4.5 based on 863 reviews
Reviewed By Rejo12
A beautiful place to visit, especially those who wish to see beautiful scenery and enjoy the beauty of the nature. The waterfalls is an amazing view, gazing at it is nerver tiresome
2. Vadakkunnathan Temple
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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.
3. Paramekavu Bhagavathy Temple
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4.5 based on 136 reviews
Reviewed By prasanthe2021 - Thrissur, India
It's near by the thrissur round it a good and peaceful place of Lord Bagavathy many people are comeing to get the blessing of Lord Bagavathy and it's also near by the market place
4. Thiruvanchikulam Mahadeva Temple
5. Thiruvambadi Krishna Shrine
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4.5 based on 81 reviews
Reviewed By vipina776 - Lucknow, India
Very nice Krishna temple located in Thrissur . You can enter the sanctum sanctorum only after wearing dhoti and removing shirt ,for male devotees. Very beautiful darsanas of the Lord
6. Kerala Kalamandalam
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4.5 based on 52 reviews
Reviewed By Dreamcatchervibe - Kochi (Cochin), India
Enjoyable a location ,to all guests who visit Trissur on vacations.. everybody who loves traditional , performing arts , rhythm percussion instrumental music This is the place...If keralites think that it has great traditional art forms we are greatly indebted to Kerala Kalamandalam.
7. Shakthan Thampuran Palace
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4.0 based on 78 reviews
Reviewed By Christythomas1208
Shakthan is one of the oldest and finest palace built by the king shakathan tampuran...it's now a musuem...it's a must watch place in Thrissur..it's one the town and and near to North bus stand..so accessablity is fine.. The musuem is well conserved and we can see a lot of old things used during his reign..Also we can see " pallakku " which is used for traveling by the king itself..we can also treasure box...The surroundings are well conserved and made it beautiful by gardens and flowers...There is also a seperate region called heritage garden in which lots of trees and flowers are there..we can also sit in the shades of tree and can chat and spent time with friends or family..and there is one ponf near to that garden and its so nice view from there
8. Chavakkad Beach
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4.0 based on 79 reviews
Reviewed By keralasolo
This beach is very clean no restaurants but there is a lady who prepares food for the local fishermen. If you want to have a romantic walk with no hassle from locals this is the place to be. No life guard, so if you want to take dip, you are own your own may the fishermen in the area could help. This beach is good for foreign tourists.
9. Snehatheeram Beach
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4.0 based on 149 reviews
Reviewed By Roshmin_Mambully - Thrissur, India
Snehatheeram beach is located at Thalikulam about 40km away from Thrissur. The beach is usually not very crowded . The beach is very clean and has a children's park There. . The beach is well maintained by the local government. Very beautiful Beach to enjoy with family and friends. You have a place for swimming in the sea and have a dressing room and a bathroom ✌️
10. Sobha City Mall
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4.0 based on 84 reviews
Reviewed By Skumar1974 - Thrissur, India
A nice addition to Thrissur's attractions, this mall opened inside the Sinha complex with 3 huge apartment buildings and series of villas together with private homes n mansions. Opened in 2016 December, this mall was awarded best upcoming mall in 2017. With more than active participation from MNC and brands, the mall boasts of many popular companies. Also housing INOX in this mall with more than half a dozen screens.
