Thiruvanchikulam Mahadeva Temple

At Kodungallur, held by tradition to be the oldest mosque in the Indian subcontinent (7th century).

The Sree Kurumba (Bhagavathy) temple at Kodungallur, an ancient and powerful Devi shrine associated with the Bharani festival.

Rare temple at Irinjalakuda dedicated to Bharata, one of the Nalambalam (four-temple) Rama circuit shrines.

Chalakudi station, code CKI, on the Shoranur–Cochin Harbour section — the railhead the Cochin State Forest Tramway was extended to reach, and the transfer point for Athirappilly. About 1.4 km west of the highway, which catches most visitors out.

The Vincentian Congregation’s residential retreat centre on NH 544 at Muringoor, which by its own account takes about five thousand people a week for a six-day retreat in seven languages and houses two thousand more in five charitable homes — on volume, the largest organised draw in Chalakkudy taluk after the falls. Indian Railways opened a halt called Divine Nagar for it in 1996.

St Mary’s Forane Church on Church Road, the Syro-Malabar forane that governs seventeen daughter parishes across the Chalakkudy countryside and keeps the ambu perunnal, the arrow feast the town observes across community lines. The present building was rebuilt in 1987; the belfry is 1913 and the bell 1887.

The town’s wholesale produce yard on Market Road, the oldest continuously working institution in Chalakkudy — a Sakthan Thampuran-era pandikasala that still holds its traditional Tuesday and Friday markets and takes hill produce down State Highway 21.

A hill of crosses about 5 km north of Chalakkudy that local devotion ranks with Malayattoor — fourteen crosses up a kilometre of bare sheet rock to a hilltop shrine at about 310 m. The pilgrimage was begun in 1940 by the vicar of Perambra after a dream; April is its busiest month.

Sree Rama temple on the Theevra river near Triprayar, another of the Nalambalam circuit shrines.

An ancient Shiva temple at Cherpu south of Thrissur, the ritual centre of the historic Peruvanam Pooram.

Nattika Beach is the Arabian Sea shore of Nattika in Thrissur district, also identified by Kerala Tourism as Attakuzhi Bandhar Kadapuram. Its long sand frontage, fishing-life connections and association with the Malayalam film Chemmeen give it a character distinct from a resort’s private grounds. Use the named public beach approach for a shore visit, with Nattika and Triprayar providing the wider town plan. The beach, Triprayar Sree Rama Temple and any accommodation property require separate arrival instructions.

Family-friendly beach south-west of Thrissur city.