Thrissur, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and the 21st largest in India. Thrissur is classified as a Tier-2 city by the Government of India. The city is built around a 65-acre (26 ha) hillock called Thekkinkadu Maidanam which seats the Vadakkumnathan temple. It is located 284 kilometres (176 mi) north-west of the state's capital city, Thiruvananthapuram. Thrissur was once the capital of the Kingdom of Cochin, and was a point of contact for the Assyrians, Greeks, Persians, Arabs, Romans, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
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Thrissur is known as City of Celebrations and also called the cultural capital of Kerala because of its cultural, spiritual and religious leanings throughout history. The city centre contains the Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy, Kerala Lalithakala Akademi and Kerala Sahitya Academy. The city hosts the Thrissur Pooram, one of the largest temple festival in the state. The festival is held at the Thekkinkadu Maidan of Vadakumnathan temple in April or May in the Malayalam month 'medam'.
The city has historically been a centre of Hindu scholarship, and Christianity, Islam and Judaism are believed to have entered the Indian subcontinent through Thrissur and its surrounding areas.
From the Wikipedia article Thrissur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around Thrissur
- Marattakara6.4 km SE
- Chevvoor6.5 km S
- Puthūr7.6 km SE
- Killannur9.2 km N
- Namminikara10 km SE
- Amballūr11 km SE
- Manalur13 km W
- Karamuck13 km W
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