Kodakara

Kodakara is a small town in Thrissur district of Kerala state in south India. It is located on National Highway (NH 47) 20 km south of Thrissur town and about 10 km north of Chalakkudy. Administratively, Kodakara comes under Kodakara panchayat and Mukundapuram taluk. It is transforming into an Industrial town housing a large number of employees of the Apollo Tyres factory at Perambra -Thrissur to the south of town.

The closest railway station is Irinjalakuda located 6 km from the center of town. The Cochin International Airport located in Nedumbassery.

The Poonilarkavu Bhagavathy Temple and Kunnathrikkovil Subramanian Temple are the well known Hindu Temples in Kodakara. Kodakara is also famous for "Kodakara Shashti".

* St. Joseph's Forane church is one of the pilgrim centre in Kodakara.

Recently Kodakara has created waves as "Kodakarapuranams" which is a blog about the life and times of "Vishala Manaskan".

Kanakamala is a pilgrimage centre located in this Panchayat of Kodakara. It is located 4 km south of Kodakara Junction. The pilgrimage is done to a Church located on the summit of kanakamala hills. Every year, hundreds of people of all ages come for this pilgrimage.

Areswaram Temple is also located in Kodakara Panchayat. There is a narrow opening in the rocks. One has to go squeezing one's body between the rocks and reach the broad end. This process is called Punarjani or Second birth, which means one's sins are cleared.

Kandamkulangara Temple is a very old temple which witnessed Tippu Sultan's adventures into kerala. It is believed that this temple was plundered by Tippu and administrators of this temple hid tresures underneath in and around Temple. This temple is alo located in Kodakara in Vallappady Desam.

Perambra Church is the oldest Church located in Kodakara.

External links

* [http://kodakarapuranams.blogspot.com/ Kodakarapuranams]
* http://www.mykodakara.com