Sreeraman Chira

Sreeraman Chira
A view of Sreeraman Chira
Location	Triprayar, Thrissur, Kerala
Type	Pond
Basin countries	India
Surface area	900 acres (360 ha)

Sreeraman Chira is a fresh water lake which contains 900 hectares of paddy fields situated in Triprayar of Thrissur district of Kerala state in India. The lake is linked to Ramayana fame, where Chira kettal ceremony reminiscent of the Sethubandhanam where Hanuman and his army built Rama Setu to reach Sri Lanka and rescue Sita from the Rakshasa King, Ravana.^[1][2][3]

Binding of the bund

The Chira kettal (binding of the bund) is a sacred religious ceremony performed by a team of priest from Thriprayar Temple. When the ceremony happens, Thriprayar Temple is closed early after performing the Deeparadhana (Evening pooja) and Athazhapooja (Night pooja). Earlier workers who build chira belonged to the backward Vettuva community and the performance of pooja is done by Brahmins. It is believed that after finishing the poojas of Thriprayar Temple, the God Thriprayar Thevar comes to the river in front of the temple and goes upon a crocodile to the place of ceremony. At this time one can see a number strong waves in the river as a symbol of god’s movement. It is also believed that a heavy rain will come on this day which will fill the entire areas of paddy field of Sreeraman Chira with water.

Date

The temple observes Sethubandhanam in Thiruvonam" day of Malayalam month Kanni (September - October) in every year.^[4]

References

1. ഇ.പി.ഗിരീഷ്‌ (October 2013). "സേതുബന്ധന സ്മരണയിൽ ശ്രീരാമൻചിറ". ജന്മഭൂമി (in Malayalam). Archived from the original (പത്രലേഖനം) on March 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
2. "ശ്രീരാമന്‍ചിറ – സേതുബന്ധന സ്മരണക്കായി ചിറകെട്ടുന്ന ഒരേഒരിടം". പുണ്യഭൂമി (in Malayalam). March, 2013 author=ഇ.പി.ഗിരീഷ്‌. Archived from the original (പത്രലേഖനം) on October 2013. Retrieved May 2014. zero width joiner character in |title= at position 10 (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
3. Jith Anthikad (October 2013). "Sreeraman Chira Storry TCV Anthikkad" (TVNews) (in Malayalam). TCV. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
4. Sreenilayam Sukumara Raja (1983). Thriprayar Sreeramaswamy Kshethram,(Malayalam: തൃപ്രയാർ ശ്രീരാമസ്വാമി ക്ഷേത്രം) p.21-22. Nambeesans' Lakshmi Publications, Thriprayar.

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