Thriprayar is a town 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 ...

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. It is famous for the

Thriprayar Temple Thriprayar Shree Ramaswami Temple is Hindu temple situated in Triprayar in Thrissur district of Kerala state in India. The deity is Rama, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu, with four arms bearing a Panchajanya, conch, a Sudarshana Chakra, discu ...

. 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).

History

The

was originally under the domain of the Zamorins, rulers of

Calicut Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

. It later came under the possession of the

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, then

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Sultans and the rulers of

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. Now it is one of the several temples governed by

Cochin Devaswom Board Cochin Devaswom Board is a socio-religious trust appointed by the Kerala Government to look after Hindu temples in central Kerala consisting of Ernakulam District, Thrissur District and Palakkad District. It is headquartered in Round north, Thr ...

Geography

The town is centered on the Sree Rama Temple(

) Triprayar is about 23 km away from Guruvayoor

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temple and 20 km away from

Irinjalakuda Irinjalakuda is a municipal town in Thrissur district, Kerala, India. It is the headquarters of Irinjalakuda Revenue Division, Thrissur Rural Police and Mukundapuram Taluk. After Thrissur, this town has most number of administrative, law-enfor ...

temple,

Kodungallur Kodungallur (; formerly also called as Cranganore (anglicised name), Portuguese language, Portuguese: Cranganor; Mahodayapuram, Shingly, Vanchi, Muchiri, Muyirikkode, and Muziris) is a historically significant town situated on the banks of Per ...

temple is 24 km away. The nearest railhead is

Thrissur Thrissur (, ), Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Ke ...

, 22 km east of the temple.

Tourist attractions

* Aneswaram Siva Temple, Chemmappilly * Y Mall, Triprayar * Sneha theeram * Sreerama Temple, Triprayar

Educational institutions

* Sree Narayana College, Nattika * Sree Narayana Guru College Of Advanced Studies, Nattika * ree Rama Govt. Polytechnic College Triprayar *A.U.P.S Thripryar

Villages and suburbs

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 ...

Valapad Valapad is a village situated in the Thrissur district in the state of Kerala in southern India. It is about 24 km from Thrissur city. It lies by the National Highway 66. The geographical advantage of this village is, in a radius of 25 to 3 ...

* Vadanappally

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