Thrissur Tourism

The best of Thrissur tourist places include the name of attractions like Dolours Basilica, Athirappilly Waterfalls, Vilangan Kunnu, Punnathur Kotta, Shakthan Thampuran Palace, and Thrissur Zoo and State Museum. A religious town in the state of Kerala, Thrissur is very well known for the many religious sites, temples, spiritual centres, and colourful celebrations during the festival season.

Built around a small hillock that spreads for about 65 acres called the Thekkinkadu Maidan, it can be said that the city is also built around the famous Vadakkumnathan temple, located on the hillock. This small city is known to be the cultural capital of Kerala, which is pretty evident in almost all of these interesting and amazing places to visit in Thrissur.

Apart from the religious side of the town, there are also a number of beaches, hillocks, forests, and waterfalls are wait for you when you arrive here. Take a look at this guide to know where to go on your trip to Thrissur in God’s Own Country, Kerala.

HISTORY
Thrissur was an important centre of Sanskrit learning during the supremacy of Brahminism after the decline of Buddhism and Jainism.Advaita was taught in Thrissur by Sankara Acharya who during his later period of life settled and died in this place. After Sankara Acharya's period his disciples Hastamalaka, Thotaka, Padmapada and Sudhachara built four Madoms in the city. It was during the period of Raja Rama Varma in 1790; Thrissur gained its glory and reached to a state of what we can see now.

It was also declared as the capital of the Kochi kingdom for a very short period. The Shaktan Thampuran palace is taken under the Archeological Survey of India and is been renovated. Similarly the place around the Vadakkumnatha temple was earlier called as Thekkinkadu with full of teak plantations. But now it is converted into a cultural and commercial hub of Kerala.