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The Guruvayur Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Guruvayurappan, a form of Krishna, located in the town of Guruvayur in Kerala, India. It is one of the most important places of worship for Hindus in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and is often referred to as Bhuloka Vaikuntha (Vaikuntha in the earthly realm).[
The central icon is a four-armed standing Vishnu carrying the conch Panchajanya, the discus Sudarshana, the mace Kaumodaki, and a lotus with a tulasi garland. This image represents the form of Vishnu as revealed to Krishna's parents Vasudeva and Devaki around the time of his birth. Worship proceeds according to routines laid down by Adi Shankara and later written formally in the Tantric way, the inter-religious spiritual movement that arose in medieval India, by Chennas Narayanan Nambudiri. The Chennas Nambudiris are the hereditary tantris (high priests) of the Guruvayur Temple.
The temple is managed by Guruvayur Devaswom under the control of the Government of Kerala. The main festivals of this temple are the 10-day festival in the Malayalam month of Kumbham starting with flag hoisting on Pooyam star, Krishna Janmashtami (Birthday of Krishna) in the month of Chingam,[5] Ekadasi (11th day) in the shukla paksha (bright fortnight) in the month of Vrischikam, popularly called as the Guruvayur Ekadasi and Vishu on the first day of the month of Medam, once a harvest festival. The temple's sub-deities are Ganapati, Ayyappan, and Bhagavati, and there are two sub-temples each, one for Ganapati and the other for ''Nagadevata'' nearby the temple. One of its replica temples is Uttara Guruvayurappan Temple located at Mayur Vihar in Delhi. The temple is dedicated to Krishna, who is worshipped as Guruvayurappan, the deity of the famous Krishna Temple in Guruvayur Town in the state of Kerala. This temple is most revered by the Malayalis and Tamilians.
Punnathur fort OR Anakkotta was belonged to the local ruler Punnathur Raja. The compound has a traditional rectangular home with a center courtyard. This compound enclose a temple which is worshipped to Lord Shiva and Bhagavathy.
Now the palace has been renamed to Anakotta ( The place of the elephants ) and this house is a training school for Mahouts. Around 58 elephants are here and they were trained to serve Lord Krishna and to participate the festivals during the years. The rituals of worshipping elephants and feeding elephants are attended here. The legendary elephant Guruvayur Kesevan was abide here.
India’s largest public Aquarium is native to a diversity of miniature and extensive glittering oceanic breed reconciled in life apprize tanks and aerial Aquarium situated in panchavadi beech, Edakkazhiyur, chavakkad.
Situated in Blangad-Chettuva Rd, Mattumal kadappuram. Avanti Castello would like to hold you to the evening trip to Nalumanikkatu for the extreme hangouts and to enjoy the beauty of nature where you can spend your time with family and friends on river and shore.
You can choose different types of traditional boats for a beautiful ride with the taste of tasty snacks and tea.
Chavakkad beach is one of the most popular and beautiful beach in Kerala. The falsit on Arabian seacoast, here river meets into sea and form an estuaries.
You can choose different types of traditional boats for a beautiful ride with the taste of tasty snacks and tea.
The Syrian church was established in 52 AD by St. Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. Here St. Thomas was accomplished the first baptism in India therefore the Church is called an apostolic church.
St. Thomas travelled all the way from musiris to palayur by boat through the backwaters and he met Jewish people to built a Christian monument and later that land had become the dry land.
A centrally protected monument by the archeological survey of India. The burial region is created around 2000 BCE. The field has different types of burials, topikkal, kudakkal, stone circles and multiple hood stones.
There are over 69 burial sites from megalithic era, in which Kudakallu parambu is one of them and it is under consideration by UNESCO world heritage sites.
Snehatheeram beach was selected as the best beach tourism destination by the department of Kerala Tourism during the year of 2010. It is also called the love shore beach. This beach panoramic view is excellent and entice many domestic tourists day by day.
This beach having an aquarium of large collection of sea species and a well maintained garden also a restaurant called nallukettu for to enjoy the coastal sea foods.
Thriprayar Shree Ramaswami Temple is Hindu temple situated in Triprayar in Thrissur district of Kerala state in India. The deity is Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu, with four arms bearing a conch, a disc, a bow and a garland. The temple is situated on the bank of river Theevra. The temple deity is the presiding deity of Arattupuzha Pooram. It is believed that the idol here was worshipped by Lord Krishna, another avatar of Lord Vishnu in Dwarka. Along with Lord Rama, there are shrines for Lord Shiva as Dakshinamoorthy, Lord Ganesha, Lord Sastha and Lord Krishna, and there is idolless worship for Lord Hanuman and Lord Chathan. It is the first among the four temples housing the four sons of King Dasharatha, popularly known as Nalambalams, the others being Koodalmanikyam Temple in Irinjalakuda housing Bharata, Thirumuzhikoolam temple housing Lakshmana and Payammal housing Shatrughna in that order. It is believed that worshipping these temples on a single day in the Malayalam month of Karkadakam is very auspicious, and thus many devotees visit these temples. Thriprayar temple used to be owned & administered by the 3 famous Nambudiri families namely Cheloor mana, Janappilly Mana and Punnappilly Mana before it was handed over to the Cochin Devaswom Board. Still, the heads of these three families serve as the Ooralans of the temple and take part in the rituals and festivals in accordance with the customs.
This is the first Temple built by Parasurama, the sixth avathar of Lord Vishnu.This Temple is the typical illustrations of the architectural approach of Kerala.
The temple along with the mural painting has been declared as the national monument by india under the Ancient Monuments and the archeological sites and remain Act.
Chimmini Dam is the largest Dam in thrissur district. The dam construction started in 1975 and commissioned in 1996. Accessibility of the Coracles rides at the reservoir is the main reason to the tourist attraction.
A hydroelectric project in Chimmini dam produces 6.7 million units of electricity annually that power is transferred to the substation at pudukkad.
Chimmini wildlife sanctuary is positioned and neighboring with Peechi-vazhani sanctuary and spired around 85.067 kilometers .
Jungle Craft, animal tracking, Bamboo rafting, birds trail, butterfly safari are the main tourist attractions here.
Peechi dam furnish the drinking water needs of the population of the Thrissur city as well as the irrigation supplier of the surrounding villages of Thrissur. This dam built over the Manali river and commissioned in 1958 and covering 125 square kilometers.
Vazhani dam has built across the wadakkanchery river and is built with mud and an earth dam. This dam is commissioned in 1962 for the irrigation and drinking purpose.
Asurankundu dam is a check dam and located on the chelakkara river. This dam handle the function of collecting the water coming out from the forest and surrounding hills and these water being stored and distributed for irrigation and drinking purpose.
The dam belonged to the irrigation department and the road inside of two kilometers belongs to the forest department.
Athirappilly water falls is the largest waterfall in kerala. It originates from the upper regions of western ghats and stands tall at 80 feet from the peak point.
Athirappilly waterfalls fleeting through a landscape of winding roads small villages and lush green trees. The waterfall facinates many visitors across India and from abroad.
Vazhachal waterfalls situated in athirappilly punchayath and placed on the west flowing chalakudy river and near by the Vazhachal forest division. This waterfall is widespread and flows very forcely flowing to athirappilly and again it has widespread doubly to the peak of athirappilly falls.
The Charpa waterfall is in between the athirappilly waterfalls and Vazhachal waterfalls. The water comes from the upper Ghats and join to Vazhachal falls. It is located close to the road and in during monsoon water splashes on the road are the one of the beautiful sight over here.
Malakkapara is a breathtaking forest and one of the beautiful hill station. You will become fascinate by the natural of its beauty once you reach here. The journey to malakkapara is remarkable as the mist covered on the roads.
Valparai is across over 40 hair bends, each bend you can enjoy different sightseen. This hill station is high up at a elevation of 4,500 feet above the sea level. Several beauties such as dams, forests, tea gardens, hillocks, are awaiting there for you. An ideal place for trekking, and a long walk.
In 1930, with the sponsership of kakkad karanavappad, renowned poet vallathol Narayana Menon and his companion manakulam mukundaraja were established Kerala Kalamandalam. A residential institution has been offering the trainings in different performance such as Mohiniyattam, bharathanatyam, kathakali, koodiyattom,punchavadyam, karnatic music and so on.
It has registered on the international cultural map as a symbol of excellence and recognized by worldwide.
Sakthan Thampuran was the ruler of the kingdom of cochin. He resided and died in 1805 at vadakkechira palace, this palace is now know as Sakthan Thampuran palace. This palace was reconstructed in Kerala -Dutch style in the year of 1795.
This palace is now converted into a museum of the belongings of rama varma Thampuran. The famous Thrissur pooram was designed and started by Rama varma Thampuran.
13.5 acres of land is occupied for the zoo and museum. Zoo opened in 1885 and a home for wide variety of animals, reptiles and birds. The zoo compound consist of a natural history museum and a art museum that display the social and cultural heritage of Kerala region.
Sobha city is one of the finest and spacious mall in Thrissur city. It has a Sizable complex of stores, with a supermarket, international food court & 6-screen multiplex cinema. It also having a great ambiance to walk around.
The hill grant a panoramic view of thrissur city as well as cited as a oxygen jar of the entire thrissur city. It has become a popular picnic spot of Thrissur city residents. The hill has an open air theatre and a children’s park and a canteen facility for homely food.
Pullu padam is one of the Major source of kerala’s rice cultivation. The geological landscape surrounding the village is made up of Paddy Fields and kole wetlands. Pullu padam has been recognized by bird life international and become a favourite spot for bird watchers.
This temple is only the ancient temple in India dedicated to the worship of Bharatha, the second brother of rama. There are four ponds located in and outside of the temple temple. These three water bodies constitute a significant area as much as the size of the temple itself.
Aarattupuzha temple is the avatar of the divine probable of Guru Vashista, the master of Rama. The temple has been bearing the host of the ancient and famous yearly festival of Devasangamam. It is believed that all gods and goddesses will come together here for participate the festivals. In this time other temples must have remained closed.
Cheraman juma Mosque situated in methala, kodungallor. It was built in 629CE by the order of the successor of Chera king Cheraman Perumal. In 1504 Lopo Soares de Albelgaria of Portuguese attacked the pory kodungallor and also destroyed the mosque. Modern corridors and halls were built in 1984.
Cheraman Perumal has been witnessed the splitting of the moon, a supernatural event mentioned in Quran, that miracle performed by prophet Mohammed, when asked for one by meccan unbelievers. Later Cheraman Perumal arrived in Arabia with the gift if ginger pickles for Mohammed and his companions and converted to Islam at the feet of prophet Mohammed.
This Temple is dedicated to goddess Bhadrakali and also known as sree Kurumba. The temple is the head of 64 Bhadrakali temples in Kerala. The goddess of the temple represents, the goddess in her fierce form, facing north, featuring eight hands with various attributes. The temples worships incorporated with ancient Sakteyam customs which is rarely observed in present day temples.