Thrikkodithanam is a village in

Kottayam district Kottayam () is one of List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Kerala, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettu ...

in the state of Kerala, India. It is located on the outskirts of

Changanassery Changanassery, () formerly Changanacherry, is a municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is located south of the district headquarters in Kottayam and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 ...

Municipality. The area of the villages is 9.5 km². The local administrative body is called the Panchayat and is one of seven in Madapally Block.

Demographics

Thrikkodithanam had a population of 33,087 according to the India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

: 16,482 males and 16,605 females.

Sri Murugan Temple

Sri Murugan temple is situated next to

Thrikodithanam Mahavishnu Temple Thrikodithanam Mahavishnu Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu and located in Thrikkodithanam, Kottayam District, Kerala, South India. Constructed in the Architecture of Kerala, Kerala style of architecture, the temple is glorified in t ...

. Most devotees visiting the

also happen to visit the Sri Murugan temple.

Temple Pond

There is a beautiful and sacred pond near the main entrance of

, i.e. Eastern Gate. Between the pond and the entrance there a strange granite statue known as Kazhivetti kallu. The 10-day annual festival is celebrated during the lunar month of Vrishchigom (November–December). The major highlight of the festival commences after dusk on the 9th day and carries on until the early hours of the following morning. It is a huge display of 1001 flares made of cloth bundles dipped in oil and placed on a pyramidal structure.

References

External links

Thrikodithanam - Location on Google Maps

Thrikodithanam General Information

Thrikodithanam Maha-Vishnu Temple

{{Kottayam district Villages in Kottayam district