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Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple

പൂർണ്ണത്രയീശ ക്ഷേത്രം

Tripunithura, Kerala · 9.9450°, 76.3422°

Vishnu as Poornathrayeesa (Santhana Gopala Moorthy)ModernKerala
Sacred since
1920 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
rebuilt after the 1920 fire
Modern

History & significance

The chief temple of Tripunithura and long the tutelary shrine of the Cochin royal family, where Vishnu is worshipped as Poornathrayeesa in the Santhana Gopala form. The present structure was raised after a fire destroyed the earlier building around 1920.

Sthala katha — the legend

It is told that Vishnu gave the image of Poornathrayeesa to Arjuna after restoring to life the ten lost children of a Brahmin, and the sanctum was built in the shape of a chariot to mark that event.

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Sources

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