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Area: 3032 Sq kms
Population (2001): 29, 75,440
Altitude: Sea Level
Clothing: Tropical Cottons
Tourist Season: September to March
Thrissur, the land of Pooram, is the Cultural Capital
of Kerala. Kerala Kalamandalam, The Kerala Sahithya
Academy and Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy are
all located here. The original name of this centrally
located district of Kerala is Thrissivaperur in
vernacular, which was distorted to Trichur. Thri is a
Sanskrit prefix for thiru in Tamil both meaning Sri or
something opulent. Ur is land. The land with the title
of Siva = Thrissivaperur. The cultural heritage,
historical importance, archeological acumen etc.
make this district a class apart. Many rulers like The
Zamorin of Kozhikode, Tippu Sultan of Mysore and
Europeans contributed their share in shaping
Thrissur. Raja Rama Varma of Kochi popularly known
as Sakthan Thampuran was the architect of Thrissur
town. Thrissur is famous for the Pooram festival (AprilMay) which paved the way for her to find a covetable
place in the world tourism map. Pooram is the grandest temple festivities in Kerala. It was Sakthan
Thampuran who ordered for this festival to be celebrated in front of the sprawling Thekkinkadu ground.
Telephone Access Codes
Chalakudy ++ 91 480
Irinjalakuda ++ 91 480
Kodungalloor ++ 91 480
Kunnamkulam ++ 91 4885
Thrissur ++91 487
Vadakkancherry ++ 91 4884