Ilango Adigal
Matilakam

Trikana Matilakam

—  village  —
Matilakam
Location of Matilakam
in Kerala
Coordinates 10°17′25″N 76°10′00″E / 10.2903664°N 76.1666706°E / 10.2903664; 76.1666706Coordinates: 10°17′25″N 76°10′00″E / 10.2903664°N 76.1666706°E / 10.2903664; 76.1666706
Country India
State Kerala
District(s) Thrissur
Nearest city Kodungallur, Irinjalakkuda
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

• Coastline


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Climate

Temperature
• Summer
• Winter

Tropical monsoon (Köppen)

     35 °C (95 °F)
     20 °C (68 °F)

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Matilakam (formerly Trikana Matilakam, Kunavayikottam) is a village in Thrissur District in Kerala, India.

In the Sangam Period, Trikana Matilakam was a famous centre of Jain religion and learning. In Matilakam was a famous Jain temple to which a number of other temples were subordinate but it later became a Hindu temple. Ilango Adikal, the author of the Tamil epic, Silappadikaram, was a Jain who lived at Trikana Matilakam.


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