Mal: തൃക്കാക്കര trikkākkara
‘Land of the Holy Foot’ Town, Kerala
From Mal: tiru, ‘holy’, ‘auspicious’; kāl, ‘leg’, ‘foot’; and kara, ‘land’, ‘place’, ‘shore’.
Thrikkakara Temple is dedicated to Vamana, the dwarf incarnation of Vishnu. The myth told here (and at the Onam festival) is the one where Vamana steps on Mahabali’s head and pushes it down to the underworld.
Thrikkakara Vamanamoorthy Temple Ranjithsiji