Chemmappilly is a place in
Thrissur District
Thrissur (), anglicised as Trichur, is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is situated in the central region of the state. Spanning an area of about , th ...
, Kerala, 23 km from Thrissur. It is in the jurisdiction of
Anthikad
Anthikad is a village in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India. It is in Thrissur Thaluk, Nattika constituency and Anthikad Block. Manalur and Thanyam are the nearest panchayats. Anthikad is famous for toddy production and paddy fiel ...
Police station and the Grama Panchayath is
Thanniyam. There is a lower primary school called ALPSchool in the centre. The nearest places are
Thriprayar
Thriprayar is a town in Thrissur District of Kerala, India. It is famous for the Thriprayar Temple. It is a part of Thrissur Metropolitan Area. It has one of the 4 temples which is visited in Nalambalam Yatra(Rama-Bharta-Lakshmana-Shaturghna).
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,
Nattika
Nattika is a small village in Thrissur district of Kerala state, South India. It is centrally located about 25 km from Thrissur, Kodungallur, Irinjalakuda, Chavakkad, Kunnamkulam and Guruvayur. Nattika is beside the Arabian Sea. There is a ...
, and
Peringottukara. This place is on the bank of the river Theevra (Canoli Canal). The postal area is
Vadakkummuri-680570. The only Government office is the post office.
In former days at
Sreeraman Chira
Sreeraman Chira is a fresh water lake which contains 900 hectares of paddy fields situated in Chemmappilly near Triprayar of Thrissur district of Kerala state in India. The lake is linked to Ramayana fame, where the Chira kettal ceremony remi ...
, the
sethubandhanam
Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama's Bridge or ''Rama Setu'', is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwest ...
was done by Sambava community. At that time human sacrifice was observed. The last person killed in Sreeraman chira was Chennan. from the name of Chennan this place got the name "Chennan kol" ("kol" means "paddy field"). Finally "Chennan kol"
became Chemmappilly.
A hanging bridge was constructed to connect Thannyam and Nattika Grama
Panchayaths. It was inaugurated by Shri Adoor Prakash on 31 May 2013. Phoenix Library is working at Chemmappilly. The road to Chemmappily touches Peringottukara and Thriprayar East Nada. Aneswaram Shiva temple and a Mosque are here. During the "Grama pradakshinam" of Thriprayar Thevar at the time of Arattupuzha Devamela, Thevan ran away from Aneswaram Siva, without any sound because Thevar borrowed paddy and coconut from Lord Aneswaram Siva.
See also
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Sethubandhanam at Sreeraman Chira Chemmappilly
Sethubandhanam at Sreeraman Chira or Chira kettal is a Hindu ceremony reminiscent of the ''Sethubandhanam'' where Hanuman and his army built Rama Setu to reach Sri Lanka and rescue Sita from the Rakshasa King, Ravana. It is annually conducted at S ...
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Nalambalam
Nalambalam is a set of four Hindu temples in Kerala. In Malayalam, ''Nalu'' means "four" and ''Ambalam'' means "temple". These are the temples for the Rama and his brothers. There are around six sets of Nalambalams in Kerala, the most famous ...
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Sethubandhanam
Adam's Bridge, also known as Rama's Bridge or ''Rama Setu'', is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwest ...
Images
Image:Sethubandhana Vandhanam - brahmachari pravithkumar.JPG, Sethubandhana Vandanam at Sreeranan Chira
File:Chemmappilly bridge.jpg, Hanging bridge at Chemmappilly
File:Chira.JPG, Sreeraman chira, Chemmappilly's Proud
References
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Cities and towns in Thrissur district