Bedakkunathan Temple

Things to be seen at Thrisur :

Bedakkunathan Temple : The temple is situated on a heap about 70 mts high and acquiring 3.5 hector area. Thire are 4 towngates on four sides of the temple. In the inner apartment of the temple there can be found Badakkunathan phallic image of shiva made of black stone. In one side of the phallic image of Shiva there is image of Sri Ramchandra and the image of Sankarnarayan on the other. Local inhabitants believe that Parashuram established the images and used to worship daily. Later on his fallower devotees built the temple.

On the body of the Phallic image of Shiva of Bedakkunothan Shiva temple an unbelievable matter is found. At the time of worshiping the Phallic image the devotees, the ghee which gathered round the image and made a 3 mts. Thickness layer. Most astonishing matter is that the layer is increasing day by day instead of melting at the lightning of the lamp or heat of the sun. On the body of the temple there engraved the verses of the Mahabharata. The sculpture that are found on the walls both inside and outside of the inner apartment of the temple is really marvelous.

In the month of April and may hear obscrved puram festival gorgeously for a few days. Burning fire works is a main part of the festival. Near the Bedakkunathan temple can be found the famous Krishna temple and Bhagabati temple.