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Punkunnam Seetha Ramaswamy Temple
Pushpagiri agraharam, Punkunnam, Thrissur, Kerala · 10.5385°, 76.2015°
Rama with Sita, sharing a single pedestal; shrines to Lakshmana and HanumanModern (Cochin)Kerala
Sacred since
1899 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1899 (Diwan Bahadur T. R. Ramachandra Iyer)
Modern (Cochin)
History & significance
A Rama temple in the Pushpagiri agraharam at Punkunnam in Thrissur, built in 1899 by T. R. Ramachandra Iyer, a justice of the Cochin court, as his personal shrine. Rama and Sita share one pedestal, older Shiva and Ayyappan shrines stand in the same compound, and a 55-foot Hanuman statue was unveiled in April 2023.