Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple

Old and beautiful temple. Main temple at tripunithura. 8 day long vrischikotsav is very famous for melam and 21elephants

Very nice temple,with ample space to follow social distancing.

Sree Poornathrayesa temple is situated in Tripunithura, Kochi, the capital of the former Kingdom of Cochin. The temple is considered among the greatest temples in Kerala and was first among 8 royal temples of erstwhile Kochi Kingdom.In memory of this event, a temple was built with a sanctum-sanctorum in the form of a chariot. Lord Ganesh was sent by Arjuna to search a holy place for the installation of Lord Vishnu. Earlier, the idol was kept in a palace which is situated at the west of the main temple and now it is known as Poonithura Kottaram.

Biggest hindu temple.nThe temple is famous for its yearly Utsavams or festivals. The main one is the Vrishchikoltsawam,[1] which is conducted every year in the month of Vrishchikam (November–December), kicking off the 'Ulsava' Season in Kerala. And this Vrishchikolsavam is the biggest temple festival in the world followed by the koodalmanikyam ulsavam iringalakkuda ( Thrissur pooram is not an utsavam but it is a pooram so not counted as utsavam ) and one of the biggest major festivals in the world. The deity in this temple is Lord Vishnu who is in the form of Santhanagopala Murthy. It is well believed that childless couples will be blessed with children on praying Poornathrayesan.Offering kanikka(which means money offerd to lord )to poornathrayeesa in the most pure gold pot on thrikketta purappadu day (fourth day of vrishchikotsavam) is the greatest achievement that a devotee can achieve. Visiting poornathrayeesa who is present on top of 15 elephants during the grant procession of vrishchikotsavam is also considered to be an achievement of a devotee. Lord poornathrayeesa is considered to be the greatest lover of elephants and he is fond of elephants.

The historic temple and the surroundings are really peaceful and has the touch of ancient Kerala.