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Thrikkur Grama Panchayat is located in Kodakara block of Mukundapuram taluk of Thrissur district. Thrikkur Panchayat, which is spread over Thrikkur and Kallur villages, has an area of 25.38 sq km. This panchayat, which has 19 wards, is bounded by Puthur Panchayat on the north, Alagappanagar Panchayat on the south, Alagappanagar and Nenmanikkara Panchayats on the west and Varantharappilly and Puthur Panchayats on the east. On 12 August 1977, Thrikkur Panchayat was bifurcated and Nenmanikkara Panchayat was formed by a government order. Thrikkur Panchayat is a beautiful land with the Thrikkur River on one side and the beautiful green hills and waterfalls on the other. There are many opinions about the origin of the name Thrikkur. In the manuscripts containing the poems of a scholar named Krishnapisharody, Thrikkur is called Drishpuram. Another opinion is that this name came about because it faces three directions (Thrik + Dik + Ur) namely Kallur, Talor and Poothur. But this is not all, another group says that this name came about because it is the land of Shiva (Thrikkannan), the father of Thrikkur. Whatever the opinions, the Thrikkur Sree Mahadeva Temple is one of the cave temples that archaeologists have recorded with great importance in their records. It can be seen that Kallur, one of the two villages in Thrikkur Panchayat, got its name due to its unique topography. The ancients also confirm that the name was derived from the fact that it means a place with a lot of stones (stone + village). This peaceful village, inhabited by people of various castes and religions, is located 10 km southeast of Thrissur city. The beautiful cave temple of Thrissur, located at an altitude of about 150 feet on the banks of the Manaliyar river that flows through the heart of Thrissur village, is one of the famous temples in Kerala.
