Thrissur

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Thrissur ( Malayalam: തൃശ്ശൂര് Tṛśśūr [ t̪rɨɕ ː ː u r] ), formerly Trichur, is a city in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is located in the hinterland of the Malabar Coast Zentralkerala. The nearest large city of Kochi is 55 km south, the coast of the Arabian Sea located 17 kilometers west. Thrissur Thrissur administrative headquarters of the district, with around 315,000 inhabitants ( 2011 census ) is the fifth largest city of Kerala. Famous Thrissur is best known as " cultural capital " of Kerala and because of the yearly in April or May Thrissur Pooram festival. The latter is one of the best known and most colorful Hindu temple festivals of India.

History

The name Thrissur is derived from Tiru Shiva Perur, which means at the local Malayalam language " city with the holy name of Lord Shiva ". In fact, the city was built around a sacred Shiva Hindu temple dating from the 8th century.

Since the 12th century the city and its surroundings belonged to the kings of Perumpadappu Swarupam ( Cochin), which were pushed back in the 14th and 15th centuries, after several wars of the Zamorinen from Calicut to the south. In the early 16th century Thrissur finally fell, as large parts of the Malabar coast, the Portuguese in the hands, in 1717 the Dutch. Thrissur remained for the European colonial masters, however, of minor importance, since their focus was much more focused on the control of trade in the prosperous Malabarhäfen as Cochin or Calicut.

1750 was the Zamorin of Calicut therefore win the city again for themselves, but they had already in 1761 ceded to Cochin. Also, whose reign did not last long, because Thrissur was occupied in 1776 by the troops of Mysore ruler Hyder Ali. The British expelled them in 1790 and placed under the administration of Thrissur now a vassal state disparaged kingdom Cochin. In the same year ascended Rama Varma, also known under the name Sakthan Thampuran, the throne of Cochin (up to 1805). Under him Thrissur experienced a period of prosperity. During the colonial era, Thrissur was on to the nominally independent princely state of Cochin. After the Indian independence in 1947, Cochin united with the princely state of Travancore Travancore -Cochin and the Federation took the connection to the Indian Union. 1956, as Thrissur district capital of the newly founded state of Kerala.

Culture and sights

The main attraction is the Thrissurs the Hindu god Shiva consecrated Vadakkunathan Temple. This is one of the oldest and largest Hindu temple in Kerala ( the base of the temple complex is 3.6 hectares). The Vadakkunathan Temple represents the traditional Keralite architectural style, which is characterized as a building material by steep roofs and the use of wood. Non - Hindus, as prohibited in all temples of Kerala, the entrance.

Every year in the Malayalam month Medam (April / May) takes place the famous temple festival Thrissur Pooram in Thrissur. The focus of this celebrated on a large scale festival, a procession of more than 50 splendidly decorated elephants is for Vadakkunathan Temple. The Thrissur - Pooram festival annually attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors, including many Western tourists.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • I. M. Vijayan (Football Player )
  • Sarah Chakko ( President of the World Council of Churches from 1951 to 1954 )
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