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Chittoor Sree Krishnaswamy Temple

South Chittoor, Kochi, Kerala · 10.0333°, 76.2733°

KrishnaCheranelloor SwaroopamKerala
Sacred since
1200 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
13th c. (Cheranelloor Karthas)
Cheranelloor Swaroopam

History & significance

A 13th-century Krishna temple at South Chittoor near Ernakulam, founded by the Cheranelloor Swaroopam, with a square sanctum under a copper-plated pyramidal roof in the Kerala manner. It has been administered by the Cochin Devaswom Board since independence.

Sthala katha — the legend

A young member of the founding family, Narayanan Kartha, is said to have dreamed that Krishna promised to travel with him inside an umbrella and to settle wherever it was set down, and the temple was raised on that spot.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Cheranelloor Swaroopam