Tripunithura
Sign in to saveThrippunithura or Tripunithura (Malayalam:തൃപ്പൂണിത്തുറ) is a prominent historical and residential region in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. Located about 7 km (4 mi) from the city centre, Tripunithura was the capital of the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin. The descendants of the Cochin royal family still live here. The Hill Palace situated in Tripunithura was the palace of Maharaja of Cochin, the ruler of Kingdom of Cochin. Tripunithura is also well known for its historical cultures and worldwide famous because of Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple and the annual festival Vrishchikoltsawam
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Thrippunithura
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Kerala#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Locality in Kerala, India
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- Country
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kerala
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ernakulam
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal Council
- Settlement.governing_body
- Thrippunithura Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Chairperson
- Settlement.leader_name1
- P. L. Babu (BJP)
- Settlement.leader_name2
- Radhika Varma (BJP)
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- Deputy Chairperson
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- Municipal wards
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- 53
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- neighborhood
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Ernakulam district
- Area
- 29.17
- Elevation
- 2
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Kingdom of Cochin
- Image
- Hill Palace Museum.jpg
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- Commons category
- Thripunithura
- postal code
- 682301
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Politics
- Demographics
- Religion
- Education
- Geography
- Transport
- Royal Heritage
- Location
- References
- External links
Thrippunithura or Tripunithura (Malayalam:തൃപ്പൂണിത്തുറ) is a prominent historical and residential region in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. Located about 7 km (4 mi) from the city centre, Tripunithura was the capital of the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin. The descendants of the Cochin royal family still live here. The Hill Palace situated in Tripunithura was the palace of Maharaja of Cochin, the ruler of Kingdom of Cochin. Tripunithura is also well known for its historical cultures and worldwide famous because of Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple and the annual festival Vrishchikoltsawam that takes place at the temple.
In local administration, it is a municipality named Tripunithura Municipality. In the state administrative structure, Tripunithura is part of the Ernakulam District in the state of Kerala.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tripunithura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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