SRI VADAKKUNATHAN OF TRICHUR

Adjacent to this there are idols of Kali and Gopalakrishna, and the visitor invariably sees several cows grazing here, around perhaps justifying the statue of Gopalakrishna. The image of Risabha, Lord Siva's mount is enshrined in a niche, a little away to this. There lies 'Thara' - a raised platform lying to the north-east, where Parasurama dwelt for sometime. Though builder of many shrines, there are not many temples for him, barring one near Trivandrum, hence the extension of soulful prayers to this object. Next comes Nalambalam which has a small opening on the wall. 

Visitors see the dazzling brass Kalasas of the main temples through this without fail, since seeing them through this opening amounts to seeing all the temples in India, according to temple traditions. In the south west corner, there is small but strangely shaped apsidal shrine housing the image of Dharma Shastha. Its uniqueness draws the devotees for Darshan and prayer.

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