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Thalappalam, near Erattupetta, Kottayam district, Kerala · 9.7125°, 76.7719°
A Krishna temple at Thalappalam near Erattupetta in Kottayam district, where Radha-Krishna and Parvati-Parameswara are venerated as paired deities. Long held by the Kochupurakkal Nair family, it later passed to the NSS Karayogam of Thalappalam.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Villagers tell of farmers whose iron tools struck something buried in the fields, revealing a divine presence, and the shrine was raised there in a season of famine and epidemic.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern
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