This place is famous for the Vamanamoorthy Temple which is connected with Onam, a major festival of Kerala. Located 10 km east of Kochi city, between Alwaye and Kalamassery, Thrikkakara has beautiful landscape with its rural scenery of river, hills and paddy fields. The deity in the Vamanamoorthy temple is 'Trikkakara Appan' or 'Vamanamurthy' who is Lord Vishnu himself in disguise. Inscriptions from the 10th to 13th century are found here.