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Thrissur, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrisshivaperur, is a city and the
headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the fourth largest city in Kerala after
Trivandrum, Kochi and Kozhikode. It is famous for the Thrissur Pooram festival. The city is built
around a 65-acre hillock called the Thekkinkaadu Maidaanam which seats the Vadakkumnathan
temple. Thrissur was once the capital of the Kingdom of Cochin. Thrissur is known as "Cultural
Capital of Kerala '' due to its cultural, spiritual and religious leanings throughout history. One of its
main cultural events is the Thrissur Pooram, which attracts quite a number of tourists and travellers.
Thrissur Pooram was not conducted in the year 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thrissur
has a large number of well-known temples including the Vadakkumnathan temple, Thiruvambadi Sri
Krishna Temple and Paramekkavu temple, and the Guruvayur temple as well as two churches, the
Our Lady of Lourdes Syro-Malabar Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral and the Our Lady of Dolours
Syro-Malabar Catholic Basilica, the largest Christian church in India.

FESTIVALS

Thrissur is known as the Cultural Capital of Kerala. Thrissur Pooram
also called 'the pooram of all poorams' is celebrated every year in
the month of Medam (mid-April to mid-may) as per the malayalam
calendar. It is the biggest of all poorams held in Kerala. The city
plays host, for 36 hours from the wee hours of the pooram day, to
one of the largest collections of people and elephants.Puli Kali also
known as Kavakali is another festival, which attracts thousands of
people to the city. It is performed by trained artists to entertain
people on the occasion of Onam, an annual harvest festival,
celebrated mainly in Kerala.The most important festivals celebrated
in the City include Christmas, Onam, Easter, Eid and Vishu. The city
is widely acclaimed as the land of elephant lovers. Aanayoottu
(feeding of elephants), is the world's largest elephant feeding
ceremony held in Vadakkunnathan Temple in the City annually.

TOURISM

Tourism Circuit Tourism 2017 is being celebrated by the United Nation Organisation as the year of
sustainable development of tourism. Keeping this in mind, DTPC, Thrissur, under the department of
tourism, Kerala has launched Tourism Circuits all across the District, with a view to promote and
uplift these cherished hopes. In order to fulfill the goals, six Tourism Circuits have been formed in
Thrissur District. These circuits were conceptualised by the Assistant Collector Under Trainee Mr.
M.V.R Krishna Teja IAS under the aegis of the District Collector Dr. A. Kowsigan IAS. They were
inaugurated by the Honb Minister of Industries Sri A.C. Moideen and Honb Agriculture Minister Sri
V.S. Sunil Kumar on 7 April.

MEDIA