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Triprayar

Coordinates: 10°24′49″N 76°06′47″E / 10.4136°N 76.1131°E / 10.4136; 76.1131
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Triprayar
തൃപ്രയാർ
Town
Sri Rama temple at Triprayar
Sri Rama temple at Triprayar
Triprayar is located in Kerala
Triprayar
Triprayar
Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 10°24′49″N 76°06′47″E / 10.4136°N 76.1131°E / 10.4136; 76.1131
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictThrissur District
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
680566
Telephone code0487
Vehicle registrationKL-75
Nearest cityThrissur city

Thriprayar is a town in Thrissur District of Kerala, India. It is famous for the Thriprayar Temple.

History

The Thriprayar Temple was originally under the domain of the Zamorins, rulers of Calicut. It later came under the possession of the Dutch, then Mysore Sultans and the rulers of Cochin. Now it is one of the several temples governed by Cochin Devaswom Board.

Geography

The town is centered on the Sree Rama Temple (Thriprayar Temple) Triprayar is about 23 km away from Guruvayoor Sri Krishna temple and 20 km away from Irinjalakuda temple, Kodungallur temple is 24 km away. The nearest railhead is Thrissur, 22 km east of the temple.

Tourist attractions

  • Y Mall (LuLu)
  • Kumaranelloor temple
  • Nattika beach
  • Valapad beach
  • Kizhakke Nada Ambala Kadavu
  • Kothakulam Arappa
  • Hanging Bridge, Chemmappilly
  • Aneswaram Siva Temple, Chemmappilly
  • Sreeraman chira, Chemmappilly (where Sethubandhan occurs in every year in memory of those in Ramayan)
  • Kakkanatt temple valapad beach
  • St. Jude Church Nattika

Educational institutions

Villages and suburbs

Festivals

  • Thriprayar Ekadeshi
  • Valapad beach shivarathri
  • Thrirupazham cheri pooram
  • Arikiri pooram
  • Peringottukara Pooram
  • Edamuttam Pooyam
  • Palappety Aswathi Vela
  • Aanavizhungi Pooram
  • Sethubandhan in Sreeraman chira (memory of Sreerama's sethubandhan)
  • Arayam parampu pooram and vilakku maholsavam (Green Park Club)

See also

References