Thrissur Town Hall
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| image =K. Karunakaran Smaraka Town Hall 02.JPG
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| caption = Imposing structure of Thrissur Town Hall
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| building_type = Town hall
| architectural_style = Indo-Saracenic
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| location = Thrissur
Kerala
India
| address = Palace Road, Thrissur
Kerala
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| owner = Thrissur Municipal Corporation
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| architect = V.K. Aravindaksha Menon
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The Thrissur Town Hall is a museum building situated in Thrissur city, Kerala state, India. It was constructed during the Dewanship of RK Shanmughom Chetti and contains the Archaeological Museum and Picture Gallery, where mural paintings from all parts of the Kerala are copied and exhibited. The must see in this museum is the collection of the old manuscripts, written on palm leaves and called olagrandhangal.{{cite web
|url=http://www.keralaprisons.gov.in/images/stories/pdf/cpvyr.pdf
|title=Central Prison, Viyyur
|publisher=Kerala Government
|accessdate=2010-10-11}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.dtpcthrissur.com/culture.html
|title=Culture Zone
|publisher=DTPC Thrissur
|accessdate=2010-11-01}} The Town Hall was built in honour of the then Emperor of India, King George, for his silver jubilee. The architecture is in the Victorian style with a lawn and garden in front.
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