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Late medieval · Hindu · India
Kuttankulangara Sri Krishna Temple
Punkunnam, Thrissur district, Kerala · 10.5373°, 76.2070°
Krishna as Santanagopala MurtiUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1600 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
over 300 years old
Undetermined
History & significance
A Thrissur temple more than three centuries old whose Krishna, in the Santanagopala form, is petitioned by couples seeking children. Its January-February utsavam includes the Pannivetta, in which a model pig is shot down at the foot of the banyan tree.