Vishal's Diaries - English

 Here comes another part of the story of my hometown. Here, I want to focus more on the geographical features of the city area.  As said in the first part, Thrissur, the cultural capital of Kerala, is located in the exact centre of the state, around 300 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, 80 km north of Kochi, 120 km south-east of Kozhikode and almost the same distance south-west of Coimbatore. Geographically, it is placed 76'15 East of Greenwhich and 9'5 North of Equator, and is located in the Torrid Zone of the Earth, like the whole South India. The whole city is situated around a hillock called 'Vrishabhadri', where the mighty Vadakkumnathan Temple stands. In fact, there is another story that the word Thrissur actually comes from 'Vrishabhadripuram', meaning 'the city on Vrishabhadri. But, the idea which I told in the first part is the popular one. The stunning Swaraj round in the city is built around this hillock and Vadakumnathan Temple. Thus, no one coming...

This is the second part of my note about my hometown. In the last part, I gave a brief introduction on Thrissur city. Here, I am writing about the history of Thrissur, from prehistoric times until the present day. Hope everyone enjoys it. The history of Thrissur traces back to the stone age, as evident from the presence of numerous pre-historic monuments in the vicinity. Areas like Ramavarmapuram, Viyyur, Kuttur, Cheroor and Villadam witness numerous such monuments. A special thing to be noted is the existence of a huge menhir (single stone) in Ramavarmapuram, a major suburb of the city, which is 15 ft tall and 12.4 ft wide. It is widely considered to be a remnant of stone age, and is believed to be a burial stone. Tools like axes, scrappers, bows, arrows, etc. are also placed in the Archeological Museum located here. While going through the district, we can see such remnants in places like Ariyannur, Chiramanangad, Porkulam, Kattakambal, Eyyal, Akathiyoor, etc., all located in Chavakk...