Thrissur

Thrissur

India
formerly  Trichur 

      city, central Kerala state, southwestern India. The city is located 12 miles (19 km) inland on an extensive lagoon system. A commercial and cultural centre, it is considered to be the oldest city on the west coast of India, Its name means “Small Sacred Place.” Thrissur is built around a hillock topped by the Vatakkunatha temple, the focus of an annual festival. Its industries include cotton weaving, rice and oilseed milling, soap manufacturing, and sawmilling. Thrissur has colleges affiliated with the University of Calicut, a museum, and zoological gardens. The city has good road and rail connections with the rest of Kerala and with the interior.

      Thrissur lies largely on the coastal plain except in the southeast, where it overlaps the hills of the Western Ghats. Although agriculture is important in the city's surrounding region (rice and coconuts are the main crops), there is also some industry. Pop. (2001) 317,526.

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