About Village
Thiruvegapura is a village in Pattambi Taluk in Palakkad District. It is on the Pattambi – Valancherry Road., 5 Kms from Valancherry. Thiruvegapura is the Gateway of Palakkad District as one reaches Malappuram District on crossing the Thutha puzha river bridge which is bordering the village. It is a typical Valluvanadan village with beautiful landscape and vegetation on the banks of Thutha Puzha, a tributary of Bharata Puzha.
Demography
The Thiruvegapura village has population of 33942 of which 16425 are males while 17517 are females as per Population Census 2011.
Geography
North: Thoothapuzha East: Koppam & Vilayur Villages West: Thoothappuzha South: Paruthur & Muthuthala Villages
Socio-Economic
Majority of poeple are NRi & doing agricultural jobs
Ecology
Plain Agricultural lands & Some small hilly areas
Tourism
Thiruvegapura Mahadeva Kshetram. Thiruvegapura is famous for the Mahadeva Kshetram. This Siva Temple is on the banks of Thutha Puzha, a tributary of Bharatha Puzha. This temple is built in the 14th century and is unique in many ways.It is a Temple with exquisite typical Kerala architecture. Rayiranellur Mala Naranathu Branthan was one of the 12 sons sons of Parayi and Vararuchi in the story of Parayi petta panthirukulam. This Mala is at Naduvattom., 3 Kms from Thiruvegapura. Here the hill has a height of 500 feet with an area of 300 acres. Naranathu Branthan got Devi darshan at this place.The place where Naranathu Branthan got vision of Devi is converted into a temple. There is no idol here but Devi’s foot print has formed a pit and it is in this pit, a Goddess shrine was built later. The pit is the incessant source for water and being on the hill top, the water in the pit never went down (never dried up). Thousands of people outside and inside Kerala visit the place to have blessings from the Devi on every year on the next day of Deepavali in the month of Thulam – Naranathu Branthan is supposed to have got Devi’s vision on this day. There is a big statue of Naranathu Branthan on the hill top which can be seen from the plains. There are caves and black rocks built by Naranathu Branthan here. It is to this hill top that Naranathu Branthan rolled up the big stone and after reaching the top, he used to push the stone down. This he was doingEvery day. The serenity and scenic beauty of the place attracts thousands of people.