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A major centre for celebration of the Onam festival and the only temple in India devoted to the Hindu deity Vamana. Get here during Onam and you can catch ten days of festivities, peppered with performances of Kerala's traditional arts including songs, dances, dramas, musical instruments, apart from fireworks and elephant parades, and ending with an Onam feast. The makaram Ayyapan festival, Saraswati puja and other Hindu festivals are also celebrated here.
Thrikkakara Vamanamoorthy Temple is one of the major Hindu temples in India dedicated to Vamana, a form of the god Vishnu. It is situated in Thrikkakara, Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. The temple is around two millennia old and is also listed as one of the 108 Divya Desams.
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A good, well maintained museum with a 40 minute light and sound show (English and Malayalam) about Kerala history. Depicts the history of Kerala through life-like wax statues. Adjacent are the Museum of Dolls with nearly 1,000 dolls from various countries, and M.N.F Art and Sculpture Gallery that has many good collections of paintings and sculptures. This museum has a small, well maintained garden.