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Tourist hot spots in Thrissur

Thrissur Pooram

The world famous Thrissur pooram in celebrated on the Thekkinkadu maidan of the Vadakkunnatha temple in April/May. The 30 caparisoned elephants from two nearby temples (Paramekkavu & Thiruvabadi) form two groups and exchange colourful parasols. Night time (4 am) is for fireworks diplay. The ground will be highly crowded.

Art Gallery

The town hall is functioning as Art gallery and has many murals.

Zoo

A small zoo located 1 km from town. Closed on Mondays.

Archeological museum

It has a good collection of antiques in dusty condition, located near the Zoo.

Puthen palli (Church)

It is one of the highest churches in Asia with famous wall paintings. The bell and the high Bible tower are famous.

Nehru Park

It is the mani park of the town with a good aquarium.

Shaktan Thampuran palace

The palace having exhibits and tomb are located near the Shaktan Thampuran bus stand.

Guruvayur

Famous for the Sree Krishna temple located 30 km from Thrissur. The temple has 51 elephants at Punnathhur kotta, 2 km away.

Vilangan kunnu

A beautiful place, 9 km from town.

Athirappilly

This scenic waterfall is 32 km from Chalakudi.

Vazhachal

This scenic waterfall is 6 km from Athirappilly. Perigalkutthu dam is near the waterfall.

Silver storm

This water theme park is near the waterfalls at Vettila para.

Dream world

This park is on the waterfall road, 8 km from Chalakudi.

Anakkayam

It is a beautiful tourist centre on the Perigalkutthu-Sholyar route.

Peechi-Vazhani dam & wildlife sanctuary

It has boating facility, located 25 km from Thrissur. Chimmini dam and wildlife sanctuary is on the way.

Kodungallur

This historical place is 20 km from Thrissur, famous for the Bhagavathy temple (Bharani festival), Portuguese fort, Cheraman Juma masjid (India's first Muslim masjid built by Malik Dinar in AD 629) etc.