Shatrughna Temple
Thrissur district, Kerala
Shatrughna Swamy Temple is located in Payammal in Thrissur District of Kerala, India. This is one of the few temples in India that is dedicated to Shatrughna, youngest brother of the god Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana. The Shatrughna Temple is the fourth temple which devotees visit when they embark on the Nalambalam yatra or visit. Visiting Nalambalam is considered to be a sacred event during the Malayalam month of Karkidakam.
From the Wikipedia article Payammal Shatrughna Temple, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it is
Thrissur district, Kerala. Open in Google Maps
How to reach
- By train: nearest station Irinjalakuda railway station (IJK), about 13 km by road.
- By air: Cochin International Airport (COK), about 37 km by road.
In-depth temple guides nearby
- Thriprayar Sree Rama Temple – Triprayar (Valapad), Thrissur district, on the Theevra (Thriprayar) river (about 17 km)
- Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur – Thekkinkadu Maidan, Round North, Thrissur (about 30 km)
- Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple – Guruvayur, Thrissur district (about 44 km)
- Chottanikkara Bhagavathy Temple – Chottanikkara, Ernakulam district (near Kochi) (about 59 km)
- Vaikom Mahadeva Temple – Vaikom, Kottayam district, on the shore of Vembanad Lake (about 83 km)
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