Chembuthara
Chembuthara or Chembutra is a small village in Kerala, India, known for its Makarachowa festival. It is situated about 11 km away from Thrissur center. It is located by the side of NH 544.
Chembuthara
Chembutra | |
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village | |
  Chembuthara Location in Kerala, India  Chembuthara Chembuthara (India) | |
| Coordinates: 10°33′0″N 76°20′0″E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thrissur |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 680652 |
| Telephone code | 0487 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-08 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city | Thrissur |
| Literacy | 100% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Thrissur |
| Climate | Tropical monsoon (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 35 °C (95 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 20 °C (68 °F) |
Temples
Chembuthara Kodungallurkavu temple is located just 500m away from the NH and its owned by the Chembuthara Kodugallorekavu Devaswam' managed by Ezhavas. Thousands of devotees visit this temple monthly.
Festivals
Chembuthara 'Makarachowa' is a parade of elephants with percussion music and fire works. Every year on the first Tuesday of Malayalam month 'Makaram', the Makarachowa festival is celebrated. The Makarachowa festival is accompanied by about 40-50 elephants and pancharimelam. Besides Bhagavathy's birthday is celebrated with 4-5 elephants and prasaada oottu (holy food) on meena maasam.
Tourism
Local tourist spots include Pattathipaara, a natural waterfall. Also nearby is Pattikkad which is one of the developed village Panchayath in Thrissur district. A higher secondary school and clinic is situated Pattikkad. In between Pattikkad and Chembuthara, peechi road is located. Peechi road is the turning to Peechi Dam, KFRI etc.
Also there is a Sree Krishna temple called 'Sree Krishna Temple chembuthara'. It is owned by the vadakkedesam pooracommitee. Tens of hundreds of devotees visits this temple yearly. Festivals held within this temple include sree Krishna jayanthi and prathishtadinam.
Education
- Sree Badhra Vidya Mandhir, Chembuthara