Country India Location Taliparamba Phone 0460 220 1022 Architectural style Architecture of Kerala Primary deity Krishna | State Kerala Architectural styles Kerala Architecture District Kannur district Temple board Malabar Devaswom Board | |
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Proper name Trichambaram Shree Krishna Temple Website Trichambaram_Shree_Krishna_Seva_Samithi Address Trichambaram Temple Road, Trichambaram, Taliparamba, Kerala 670141 Malayalam തൃച്ചംബരം ശ്രീ കൃഷ്ണ ക്ഷേത്രം Similar Rajarajeshwara Temple, Sree Ramaswami Temple, Madayi Kavu, Oorpazhachi Kavu, Kadalayi Temple - Chirakkal | ||
Trichambaram temple
Trichambaram Temple is a Krishna temple located at Taliparamba in the Kannur district of Kerala, South India. The temple is believed to have got the name from Thiru Shambara or the holy Shambara in reverence to Maharishi Shambara who is supposed to have meditated here. The main deity of the temple is Shree Krishna after "Kamsavadham", sitting in Raudra posture (ferocious posture). This temple is considered equal in status to the world-famous Guruvayoor Temple, and is also called 'North Guruvayoor'. .
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The sanctum has beautiful carvings and murals from the 15th and 16th centuries. In the temple complex, there is also a shrine dedicated to goddess Durga which is in middle of a tank.
The annual temple festival (Utsavam) is a colourful event. The fortnight-long festival begins on Kumbham 22 of Malayalam calendar (which generally falls on March 6) every year with the Kodiyettam (hoisting of a religious flag) and comes to an end on Meenam 6 (which generallay falls on March 20) with Koodipiriyal (Ending of this festival). In between these dates, for 11 days, Thitambu Nriththam (a sort of dance with the deities of Krishna and Balarama) is held at Pookoth Nada (1 km from Trichambaram temple).