Trikkur is a village in
Thrissur district in the state of
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
.
It is situated on the eastern bank of
Manali river Manali may refer to:
Places in India
* Manali, Himachal Pradesh,
* Manali, Chennai, a locality of Chennai
* Manali New Town, a locality of Chennai
* Manali, Gummidipoondi, a village in Tamil Nadu
* Manali River, a river in Kerala
People
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Demographics
India
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
, Trikkur had a population of 10,572 with 5,221 males and 5,351 females.
Trikkur Mahadeva Temple
Trikkur Mahadeva Temple
Trikkur Mahadeva Temple is a rock-cut cave temple in Trikkur village in Thrissur District in Kerala believed to have been built in the 7th or 8th century. Being a cave temple, Buddhist and Jain monks used the site to meditate alongside the Hin ...
, a protected monument under the Department of Archaeology, Govt of Kerala, is located in this village.
Similarly, Mathikkunnu Bhagavathi Temple located at Mathikkunnu is also a popular temple in Trikkur.
Noted residents
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Swami Ranganathananda
Swami Ranganathananda (15 December 1908 – 25 April 2005) was a Hindu swami of the Ramakrishna Math order. He served as the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission.
Biography
Swami Ranganathananda, (pre-monastic name Shankaran Kut ...
, president of the Ramakrishna Mission
*Shri M.D Dinesh Nair, poet
*Shri Anoop Sankar, Playback Singer
References
Villages in Thrissur district
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