Thrikkakkara
neighborhood in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
Thrikkakara (Malayalam pronunciation: [t̪r̥ik:aːkaɾa]) is major industrial and residential region in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. It is located 6.6 km (4.1 mi) east of the Kochi city centre. In administration it comes under Thrikkakkara Municipality as per 2011 Indian census, has a population of 77,319 people.
A major industrial and technological hub, Thrikkakara is home to the Cochin Special Economic Zone, Kochi InfoPark, and the Kochi SmartCity. The Thrikkakara Temple is famous for its legends and celebrations associated with the festival of Onam. The development of Kakkanad in recent years has led to rapid economic growth and further integration of the municipality with the wider Kochi metropolitan area.
Etymology
The name Thrikkakkara is an evolved pronunciation of the word Thiru Kaal Kara, meaning the place of the holy foot. This connects to the tale behind the festival of Onam, by which, this is the place on which Lord Vamana set his foot to push down Mahabali to the 'lower world' Pathalam (also referred to as Suthalam). There is a place named Pathalam about 7 km from this place in the same district.
Following from the legend of Onam, Thrikkakkara is home for the associated shrine, the Thrikkakara Temple, where the deity enshrined is Vamana.
“Thrikkakkara” enters the record as neighborhood in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Thrikkakkara, neighborhood and Ernakulam can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7798151. Authority coordinates are 10.017, 76.333. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011.
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