Edathiruthy is a village in Thrissur district in the Indian state of

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Geography

Edathiruthy is a village in Mathilakam Block where can see lot of natural beauty like kanolikanal, trees, fields, market, etc.... It belongs to Central Kerala Division. It is located 21 km South of District headquarters Thrissur, 10 km from

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, It is 266 km from State capital

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. Valappad (4 km), Thanniyam (4 km), Kaipamangalam (5 km), Karalam (7 km), Chazhoor (7 km) are the nearest villages. Edathiruthy is surrounded by Thalikkulam Block towards North, Irinjalakkuda Block towards East, Mathilakam Block towards South, Vellangallur Block towards South.

Guruvayoor Guruvayur () is a municipal temple town in Thrissur District, of Kerala State in India. It is a suburban town of Thrissur city, located from Thrissur towards the north-west. It houses the Guruvayur Shri Krishna Temple. It is located at ...

Irinjalakuda Irinjalakuda is a municipal town in Thrissur district, Kerala, India. It is the headquarters of Irinjalakuda Revenue Division and Mukundapuram Taluk. After Thrissur, this town has most number of administrative, law-enforcement and judicial of ...

, Thrissur and

Kodungallur Kodungallur (; also Cranganore, Portuguese: Cranganor; formerly known as Mahodayapuram, Shingly, Vanchi, Muchiri, Muyirikkode, and Muziris) is a historically significant town situated on the banks of river Periyar on the Malabar Coast in Thr ...

are nearby cities. This place is on the border of Thrissur and Ernakulam Districts. Edathiruthy west end on Arabian sea and east end on Kanolikanal

Culture

The place derived its name from the Ayyappa temple where it is believed that the deity

Vigraha In the Hinduism, Hindu tradition, a ''murti'' ( sa, मूर्ति, mūrti, ) is a devotional image such as a statue, or "idol" (a common and non-pejorative term in Indian English), of a Hindu deities, deity or Hindu saints, saint. In Hin ...

is laid by Bhargava Parashurama, One of the avatars of Lord Mahavishu in Hindu

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. The main idol (Vigraha) is placed in the left side of the upa devata Lord

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

, thus deriving the name Edathiruthy. The Panjayath is mostly governed by

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, a left party. The Panjayath is popularly known as a

communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

panjayath where the first martyr of the Republic of India, Sardar Gopalakrishnan was born.+ Edathiruthy include all kind of religion (Hindu, Christian & Muslim) and all are living very peacefully. And the culture belongs to each reglion and celebrating different festival in Edathiruty like Edathithry Ambu Thirunal festival (Every 23 & 24 January), Uttuthiruvnal, Ayyappa temple festival & annayottam (elephant running) etc. ...

Demographics

Edathiruthy had a population of 12,880 with 5,972 males and 6,908 females.

References

Villages in Thrissur district {{Thrissur-geo-stub