Thirumoorthy is the place to be when you need to see just about everything – a cute dam, an ancient temple and a small waterfall. On the way, we will come across the dam. Then afterwards the Sri Amanalingeswarar temple. You have to walk to the Panjalinga falls. I was travelling from Palani on the […]
Amaravathi Dam is across the Amaravathi river in Tirupur district, Tamil Nadu, South India. It was initially built for irrigation and flood control in 1957 Besides its initial purpose, it now provides 4 meg watts of electrical power, fishing for the tribals and have a large crocodile population. We travelled to this dam on the
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Pambummekkatu Mana is located in Vadama village, around 35km from Thrissur town, around 15km from Irinjalakuda, 12km from Chalakudy. Its famous for snake worship and for getting snake related problems solved. Its believed that there is a divine presence of Vasuki and Nagayakshi here at the mana. The man is spread over six acres of
Nelliyampathy is a small hill station in Palakkad district, Kerala State, South India. The word came from Nalli (who was an ancient goddess of the region) and pathy means place. The ideal time to visit is in the December or January months, but any time without heavy rains in Kerala is a good time. During
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This Palakkad Trip just came out of nowhere for us. Today we had went to see a would be bride for my friend Harish VP, who is currently divorced. This pennu kaanal chagangu (Bride Seeing) went haywire as the lady refused to see my friend. Harish turned out to be happy with this incident as
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Chettuva Backwater in Thrissur? Is there one? Most people wouldn’t have heard of any backwaters in Thrissur. For your information, there is backwater in Thrissur. Usually when we hear about backwaters, we usually think about Alapuzha (Alleppey). The backwater tourism there is huge. There are hundreds of houseboats, hotels and villas out there. Although Thrissur
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Kandankkavu is located in the opposite (east) direction of the famous Olarikkara Sree Bhagavathi Temple. Legend of Kandankkavu There is a mystic myth about the Kandankkavu. Sree Kandan was a dangerous manthrikan or Sorcerer from the “Umma Pilly” Nair Tharavadu (Tharavadu means ancestral home) in Chettupuzha. Due to misuse of the manthras for evil spirits
This is about Thrissur Pooram 2017. Thrissur Pooram is perhaps one of the largest and most spectacular poorams in Kerala. It was started in 1798 by Raja Rama Varma or Sakthan Thampuran. This happened when Temples from around Thrissur was denied access to the Arattupuzha Pooram when they came late due to heavy rains. Sakthan
Arattupuzha Pooram takes place in Arattupuzha Sree Sastha/Shasta Temple, which is considerd to be more than 3000 years old. To reach Arattupuzha temple, from Thrissur go to the Irinjalakuda route. This pooram is considered one of the oldest pooram festivals in India. Arattupuzha Pooram is known as Devamela or devasangamam, where all 33 crore gods
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Arattupuzha Tharakkal Pooram happens in the evening the day before the famous Arattupuzha Pooram. To reach Arattupuzha temple, from Thrissur go to the Irinjalakuda route. Though this pooram is meant for the local people, it attracts a huge number of people from far away. Arattupuzha Sastha leads the elephant procession along with Pandi Melam. You
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