Where is it Situated?

By Air
The nearest international airport is the International Airport at Nedumbassery located 60km north of Thrissur.
By Train
The nearest railway station is at Irinjalakuda 20 km from Thrissur. Thrissur is an important railhead of the southern railway and linked to most major towns inside and outside Kerala. The railway station is about 1km south-west of the town centre and just 350 meters from the temple premises.
By Road
There are frequent buses from Thrissur along NH47 to different destinations. The KSRTC bus stand is at the south west of the town center. There are buses to Kodungallur (40 kms- 1 1/2 hours), Kochi (3 hrs), Thiruvananthapuram (8 hrs), Kozhikode (31/2 hrs), Kottayam, Palakkad (11/2 hrs), Chennai (12hrs)etc.

About
The Sri Kurumba Bhagavati also known as Kodungallur Devi temple is one of the most powerful Shakti peethas in Kerala. The archives of the temple prove that it is also one of the most ancient temples in Kerala. The history of the town of Kodungalloor belongs to the hazy past. The story starts 3,000 years ago when the Babylonians, Assyrians and Egyptians came to the Malabar Coast in search of spices and especially pepper. Later the Arabs and Phoenicians also started to come. The town was called Muziris by the Phoenicians and was a very important city on the ancient trade route. In fact it was the earliest port of its kind. It is even mentioned in the Ramayana where it is called Murachipattanam and is one of the places mentioned by the monkey hoards which were sent by Sugriva to search for Sita.
The temple stands in middle of an area that is spread across ten acres and is surrounded by banyan and peepul trees. The sanctum sanctorum of the temple is facing north. There is a chamber to the west of the main shrine which houses the saptamatrikas or the seven divine mothers, (Brahmi, Maaheswari, Vaishnavi, Indrani,Kaumari, Varahi and Nrisimhi.) which also faces the north. It is very dark inside since it is lit by just one small oil lamp, but as you go round the temple it is worthwhile to stop and peer inside and you will have the vision of these huge figures carved in stone. Inside the chamber there is also an idol of Ganesha and one of Veerabhadra which is a fierce form of Shiva.