{{Short description|Fresh water lake in Kerala, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Sreeraman Chira | other_name = | image = Sreeraman Chira.JPG | caption = A view of Sreeraman Chira | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | pushpin_map = Kerala#India | location = Triprayar, Thrissur, Kerala | coords = {{Coord|10|25|37|N|76|07|05|E|display=it}} | type = Pond | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = India | length = | width = | area = {{convert|900|acre|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = | islands = | cities = | frozen = }} '''Sreeraman Chira''' is a fresh water lake which contains 900 hectares of paddy fields situated in Chemmappilly near Triprayar of Thrissur district of Kerala state in India. The lake is linked to Ramayana fame, where the Chira kettal ceremony reminiscent of the ''Sethubandhanam'' where Hanuman and his army built Rama Setu to reach Sri Lanka and rescue Sita from the Rakshasa King, Ravana.<ref name="janmabhumidaily-ക">{{cite news|title=സേതുബന്ധന സ്മരണയിൽ ശ്രീരാമൻചിറ|url=http://www.janmabhumidaily.com/jnb/News/146320|accessdate=3 May 2014|newspaper=ജന്മഭൂമി|date= October 2013 |author=ഇ.പി.ഗിരീഷ്|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015193137/http://www.janmabhumidaily.com/jnb/News/146320|archivedate=2013-10-15 |language=Malayalam|format=പത്രലേഖനം}}</ref><ref name="punnyabhumi online daily-ക">{{cite news|title=ശ്രീരാമന് ചിറ – സേതുബന്ധന സ്മരണക്കായി ചിറകെട്ടുന്ന ഒരേഒരിടം|url=http://www.punnyabhumi.com/News-25021|accessdate= 3 May 2014|newspaper=പുണ്യഭൂമി |date= March 2013 |author=ഇ.പി.ഗിരീഷ്|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015193137/http://www.punnyabhumi.com/News-25021|archivedate= 2013-10-15|language=Malayalam|format=പത്രലേഖനം}}</ref><ref name="Trichur Cable Vision - TV News">{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_F6JLQtvjk|accessdate= 21 May 2014|publisher=TCV |date= October 2013 |author=Jith Anthikad|language=Malayalam|format=TVNews|title=Sreeraman Chira Storry TCV Anthikkad}}</ref>
==Binding of the bund== {{Main|Sethubandhanam at Sreeraman Chira Chemmappilly}} The ''Chira kettal'' (binding of the bund) is a sacred religious ceremony performed by a team of priest from Thriprayar Temple.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
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