Avittathur
Avittathur is a village in Mukundapuram taluk, Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India.
Avittathur is a village in Mukundapuram taluk, Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India. It was one of the 64 original Brahmin settlement in the Kerala state. It is famous for an ancient shiva temple, where 4 very old inscriptions have been discovered. According to legend, the temple was consecrated by sage agastya and the name of the village was originally agastyaputtur but it seems to be just the Sanskritization of the word. Legendary Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam maestro Nātyāchārya Vidūshakaratnam Padma Shri Māni Mādhava Chākyār used to perform here for decades.
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Worth seeing in and around Avittathur
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St Thomas Cathedral & Bishop House
St. Thomas Cathedral is the Syro Malabar Catholic cathedral of the eparchy of Irinjalakuda in India.
3.3 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 02Mahadeva Temple, Avittathur
Avittathur Mahadeva Temple, an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is situated at Avittathur village of Thrissur District in Kerala state in India. Avittathur gramam is one of the 64 original Brahmin settlements in the ancient Kerala.
500 m · 10th century Shiva temple in Kerala · Wikipedia - 03St. Joseph's College, Irinjalakuda
St. Joseph's College Irinjalakuda is one of the women's college in the state of Kerala, India.
3.4 km · women's college in Kerala, India · Wikipedia - 04Thripaya Trimurti Temple
Thripaya Trimurti Temple is a Hindu temple in Irinjalakuda, Thrissur in Kerala, India. It is one among the rare temples in the world where the Trimurti sit in one pedestal in one sanctum sanctorum.
2.8 km · Hindu temple in Thrissur district, Kerala, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Avittathur
- Airports
- Cochin (COK), 26 km · Calicut (CCJ), 95 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 117 km
- Calicut → Avittathur114 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · ₹860–1,070
- Coimbatore → Avittathur109 km · quickest by road, 3h · ₹870–1,090
- Kannur → Avittathur196 km · quickest by road, 4h 55m · ₹1,550–1,940
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Avittathur is 21 km from Thrissur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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