A road trip from Kochi to Thrissur through NH47 is an amazing experience. I was travelling to my home town, Shoranur and I liked this 60 kms ride through the four line highway. Road trips are more fun because it's all about the journey rather than getting to the destination, especially a well maintained highway has so many amazing views on each side and many over bridges for free traffic too.
Good road condition and pleasant weather made my ride enjoyable. It took around one and half hours to reach Thrissur from Kochi.
Thrissur known as cultural capital of Kerala has many temples, museums, churches etc. When we think about Thrissur, the first image comes to our mind is the Thrissur Pooram, popularly known as festival of festivals .
Had nothing to do, no specific places to visit, but just roam around and explore the city. Well, when you have just a few hours at hand, it’s better to explore nearby places. Although there are some great historic and religious sites around the town, I visited Thekkinkadu Maidan and temples nearby.
Spread around 65-acres, Thekkinkadu Maidan houses Vadakkumnathan Temple, Nehru Park etc. The entire city is circled around this maidan and well connected by roads. Thrissur Pooram is hosted here. Some people use this area for relaxing while some others selling local articles.
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| Thekkinkadu Maidan |
I have a long association with this city, right from my college days. I used to visit this place to see the annual Thrissur pooram fair. The pathways in Thekkinkadu Maidan are highly nostalgic to me.
Vadakkumnathan temple is a classic example of the architectural style of Kerala . Recently, It has been awarded 'Award of Excellence' 2015 for the remarkable conservation efforts from UNESCO.
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| West Nada entrance of Vadakumnathan Temple |
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| Sri Mula Sthana : It is said that linga of Siva remained here for some time. |
There are four Gopuras (Nada) for the temple for which North and South are not opened to public. The public enter either through the east or west gopura (Nada).
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| East Nada entrance of Vadakumnathan Temple |
Near to Vadakumnathan, there are two other temples - Thiruvambadi Krishna Temple and Paramekkavu Devi Temple, which are considered to be sister temples of Vadakumnathan. These two temples are the key competitors and participants to the annual Thrissur Pooram.
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| Paramekkavu Devi Temple |
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| Thiruvambadi Krishna Temple |
After taking blessing from the lords, I walked towards my car bidding adieu to the city, where I vow to come again.
This was super interesting! I would love to travel to Kerala one day. :)
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