Trichambaram Temple is a Krishna temple located at Taliparamba in the Kannur district of Kerala, South India. The main deity of the temple is

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after "Kamsavadham", sitting in Raudra posture (ferocious posture). This temple is also called ''North Guruvayoor'', since it is located to the north of

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. The temple is managed by TTK Devaswom (Taliparamba, Thrichambaram, Kanjirangad Devasom) which is a major devaswom board administering around 15 temples in Kannur District of Kerala. The temple is mentioned in the 11th century CE Sanskrit kāvya Mūṣikavaṃśa”. The sanctum has carvings and murals from the 15th and 16th centuries. In the temple complex there is also a shrine dedicated to

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which is in middle of a tank. This shrine is one of the 108 Durgalayas of Ancient Kerala. There are shrines for

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and Snake deities near the temple complex. There are three ponds near this temple.

Festival and Thitambu Nriththam

The annual temple festival (''Utsavam'') is a fortnight-long event beginning on ''Kumbham'' 22 of

Malayalam calendar The Malayalam Calendar is a sidereal solar calendar used in Kerala. The origin of the calendar has been dated to 825 CE, the beginning of the Kollam Era. There are many theories regarding the origin of the era, but according to recent schola ...

(which generally falls on 6 March) every year with the ''Kodiyettam'' (hoisting of a religious flag) and ends on ''Meenam'' 6 (which generally falls on 20 March) with ''Koodipiriyal'' (ending of this festival). In between these dates, for 11 days, ''Thitambu Nriththam'' (a sort of dance with the idols of Krishna and

Balarama Balarama ( Sanskrit: बलराम, IAST: ''Balarāma'') is a Hindu god and the elder brother of Krishna. He is particularly significant in the Jagannath tradition, as one of the triad deities. He is also known as Haladhara, Halayudha, Bala ...

) is held at Pookoth Nada (1 km from Trichambaram temple).

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Festival and Thitambu Nriththam

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