Thripunithura Vrischikotsavam

Kazhcha seeveli at Sree poornathrayeesha temple, Thripunithura

Panchari melam led by Sri Peruvanam Kuttan Marar

Huge crowd during Vrishchikotsavam at poornathrayeesha temple

15 caparisoned elephants during kazhcha seeveli

Elephants participating in Vrishchikotsavam-2008

1. Nanu Ezhuthachan Srinivasan
2. Kongadu Kuttishankaran
3. Shenoy Chandrashekharan
4. Pambadi Rajan
5. Thiruvanmbadi Cheriya Chandrashekharan
6. Paramekkavau Padmanabhan
7. Thiruvithamkur Devaswom Board Thrikkadavoor Raju
8. Kanjirakkad Shekharan
9. Cherai Krishnadas
10. Puthuppally Keshavan
11. Puthuppally Sadhu
12. Devaswom Gireeshan
13. Plathottam Babu
14. Cherai Parameswaran
15. Kuttankulangara Ramadas
16. Chakkalakkudy Balakrishnan
17. Unnippally Ganeshan
18. Nayarambalam Rajashekharan
19. Poothrikkovil Parthasarathy
20. Poothrikkovil Ganapathy
21. Brahmani veettil Parthasarathy
22. Madhurappuram Kannan
23. Sree poornathrayeesha Seva sangom Sri Hari

Sree poornathrayeesha Seva Sanghom, Thripunithura

Phone:2776655

Elephant Park at Eroor

Baby elephant from Thailand

A happy news to the elephant lovers of Kerala to have an elephant park in Thripunithura. The abandoned 'aanaparambu' of Eroor will attract tourists with its new face as an elephant park with viewers gallery, a reference library for elephant lovers and quarters for mahouts etc. The Cochin Devaswom Board co-operating with Thripunithura Municipality and Elephant care are taking efforts to launch the shelter for elephants as soon as possible. The spacious ground with a well placed pond is the appropriate place for elephants. Its also the place of Poornathrayeesha, the god with elephant craze.

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Sree poornathrayeesha vrischikotsavam

Sree Poornathrayeesha temple is the at the heart of Thripunithura. The royal town has all the blessings of the the great Poornathrayeesha. Vrishchikotsavam is not a mere temple festival but it is the festival of all the people in Thripunithura. The legend behind the poornathrayeesha temple is a very interesting one. This explains the generosity and love towards the devotees of Sri Mahavishnu.
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In this temple the most special offering to Sree Poornathrayeesha is Oil(especially gingely oil).

My first visit to Thripunithura was in search of a hostel. At last we (me and my parents)found a working women's hostel very near to Sree Poornathrayeesha temple. I can see the 'Kodimarom'(flag post) from my room. The hostel was an ancient kovilakam carrying the smell of past very near to Kalikkotta palace. The life of Thripunithura according to me is very calm and pleasant. You can see the announcements of performances of celebrities in Kalikkotta palace frequently. Slowly I became an adamant devotee of Sri poornathrayeesha who blessed my life with a loving husband.
My hostel was managed by the Thaluk Union Kanayannoor and the building incorporated an Old age home also. The memories always bring the grey shadows of the old people with bright memories of their loving ones. There were people without children also. The hostel food and the darkness in the rooms spread into their lives also. I have some wonderful friends there. I was really happy with my job and the happy moments with my friends.

Thripunithura Vrichikotsavam

Listing some of the magnificent jumbos from Kerala who had participated in Thripunithura Vrichikotsavam

Devaswom Kuttishankaran
Devaswom Kuttichidambaran
Devaswom Cheriyachandrashekharan
Devaswom Padmanabhan Kutty
Panamanna Koodalattupuram Mana Kizhakkedan
Paliyam Shekharan
Paliyam Kuttikrishnan Kolodi
Deshamangalathumana Ayyappankutty
Deshamangalathumana Gopalan
Koodalattupuram Ramachandran
Panamana
Kolakkunnathu Shankaran Nair’s Elephant
Kizhakkeveettil Gopi
Chennaz
Shankarnkulangara Kuttikrishnan

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'Gajakesarikal' a book about the majestic elephants of Kerala in Malayalam by Mr.K.P.Raju an ardent lover of elephants. To know more about the book:phone-0481-2411733