Triprayar
Appearance
Triprayar
തൃപ്രയാർ | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 10°24′49″N 76°06′47″E / 10.4136°N 76.1131°E | |
Country | India |
State | Kerala |
District | Thrissur District |
Languages | |
• Official | Malayalam, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 680566 |
Telephone code | 0487 |
Vehicle registration | KL-75 |
Nearest city | Thrissur 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
- Sree Narayana College, Nattika
- Sree Narayana Guru College Of Advanced Studies, Nattika
- Le mer Public School, Thriprayar
- Sree Rama Polytechnic, Thriprayar
- NES college
- Maya college valapad
- IHRD college valapad
- Gestalt Thriprayar
- sn trust school
- Natika beach government fisheries hss
Villages and suburbs
- Thalikulam
- Nattika
- Valapad
- Kothakulam
- Muriyamthode
- Chemmappilly
- Peringottukara
- Edamuttam
- Kazhimbram
- kizhake Nada
- Vadanappally
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
- Sree Narayana College, Nattika
- Sree Narayana Guru College Of Advanced Studies, Nattika
References
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