Koorkenchery is a southern suburb of Thrissur city in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 state, South India. It is a major residential and commercial area of the city. Sri Maheswara Temple is located there. The famous Pooyam festival is celebrated in the temple during the months of January and February. Kaavadiyaattom and Ezhunnullipu are the main events in the Pooyam festival

Religious places

• Sri Maheswara Temple
• Sree Mahavishnu
  Mahavishnu
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   Temple, Kannankulangara
• Olakkada Sree Bhadrakali
  Bhadrakali
  Bhadrakāli , is one of the forms of the Great Goddess mentioned in the Devi Mahatmyam. In Sanskrit, the word Bhadra means "blessed", "auspicious", "fair", "beautiful", "good", "fortunate", "prosperous"....
  
   Temple
• Nirmalapuram Church
• St Sebastians Church
• Christ the King
  Christ the King
  Christ the King is a title of Jesus based on several passages of Scripture. It is used by most Christians. The Roman Catholic Church, together with many Protestant denominations, including the Anglican Churches, Presbyterians, Lutherans and Methodists, celebrate the Feast of Christ the King on the...
  
   Church

Educational institutions

• S N Boys & Girls High School
• J P H S & Teacher's Training Centre
• Bothaanandha LP School
• Ramananda
  Ramananda
  Ramananda , also referred to as Sant Ramanand or Swami Ramanand, was a Vaishnava sant. He is considered to be the reviver of the Ramanandi sect. Ramananda for the most part of his life lived in the holy city of Varanasi, and was a pioneer of the Bhakti movement, as well as a social reformer in...
  
   School

Industry

Tire factories are the main industry in Koorkenchery. Other important industries include jewellery design and diamond

Diamond

In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...

polishing.