|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Home
|
Sitemap
|
Alappuzha
|
Aranmula
|
Guruvayur
|
Kannur
|
Kochi
|
Kodungallur
|
Kollam
|
Kottayam |
Kovalam |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
The breezy bazaar town of THRISSUR (Trichur), roughly midway between Kochi (74km south) and Palakkad (79km northeast) on NH-47, is an obvious base for exploring the cultural riches of central Kerala. Near the Palghat (Palakkad) Gap - an opening in the natural border made by the Western Ghat mountains - it presided over the main trade route into the region from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. For years Thrissur was the capital of Cochin State, controlled at various times by both the zamorin of Kozhikode and Tipu Sultan of Mysore. Today, it justifiably prides itself on being the cultural capital of Kerala and is home to several influential art institutions. The town centres on Kerala's largest temple complex, Vadakkunatha,surrounded by a maidan (green) that sees all kinds of public gatherings, not least Kerala's most extravagant, noisy and sumptuous festival, Puram.
|
Explore Thrissur
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
