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Thrithala | |
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Town | |
.jpg) Veliyamkallu Park | |
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| Coordinates:10°48′0″N76°7′0″E / 10.80000°N 76.11667°E /10.80000; 76.11667 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Palakkad |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 679534 |
| Telephone code | 91466 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-9 & KL-52 |
| Nearest town | Pattambi |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ponnani |
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Thrithala is a town and a village inPattambi taluk inPalakkad District ofKerala state,South India. The town is located along the banks ofBharathapuzha and is famed for itsShivatemple.
The legend of 'Parayi petta panthirukulam' is centred on Trithala. According to this story, a Brahmin namedVararuchi, married a lower caste woman without knowing her true identity. After the marriage, they set out on a long journey. During the course of the journey, the woman became pregnant several times, and every time she delivered a baby, the husband asked her to leave it there itself. Each of the babies was taken up by people of different castes (totally 12), thus they grew up in that caste, making the legendary 'Panthirukulam'. They all became famous in their lives and many tales are attributed to them. The eldest wasAgnihothri, a Brahmin, whose place isMezhathur in Trithala. The others arePakkanar (basket weaver),Perumthachan (Master carpenter),Naranathu Bhranthan (an eccentric but divine person), Vayillakunnilappan (a child without mouth, whom the mother wanted to keep with her) and so on. Their stories are mentioned in the well known book 'Eithihyamala' byKottarathil Sankunni.
The Siva temple, probably built during the 9th and 10th century, marks the transition from theChola to thePandya style of architecture. According to a legend, the child Agnihotri was bathing in the river along with his mother. He heaped the sand in the form of a mound on a plate ('thalam' in Malayalam). When the mother tried to remove the sand, she found that it has solidified in the form of a 'Siva Lingam'. Thus the deity is known as 'Thalathilappan', meaning God in a plate. The idol is said to have the constitution of sand. It is believed that the sharp bend in the river in the area was formed due to the river changing its course on its own, to give space for the temple to be built.
It belongs toPonnani Loksabha Constituency current MP isE. T. Mohammed Basheer. Thrithala is the 49th legislative assembly constituency, current MLA isM B Rajesh ofCPIM.
Major political parties are theIndian National Congress (INC), theCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM),Communist Party of India (CPI),Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and theIndian Union Muslim League (IUML).
