place

Poonithura

Ernakulam district geography stubsUse Indian English from December 2018Villages in Ernakulam district
POONITHURA SREE SUBRAHMONIA TEMPLE FRONT VIEW, KOCHI 38
POONITHURA SREE SUBRAHMONIA TEMPLE FRONT VIEW, KOCHI 38

Poonithura is a region in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. It features one of the popular temples in Ernakulam and it has historical links to the Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple in Tripunithura. As per the mythology it is referred in Mahabaratha as the place where Arjuna build this temple for lord Krishna in the Chapter of Santhana Gopala. It is believed that this happened here and later on the temple was moved to Tripunithura. The temple here is called Poonithura Kottaram Sree Krishna Swami Temple. The annual 'Ashtamirohini' festival is celebrated with much fanfare by the local residents. Pooni means the "containment for arrows ", "Thura means sea shore" . The belief is that in Mahabaratha Arjuna dropped his "puni" before lord krishna as a sign of accepting defeat in the great kurukshetra battle.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Poonithura (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Poonithura
Jawahar Road,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: PoonithuraContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 9.937 ° E 76.334 °
placeShow on map

Address

Jawahar Road

Jawahar Road
682304 , Maradu
Kerala, India
mapOpen on Google Maps

POONITHURA SREE SUBRAHMONIA TEMPLE FRONT VIEW, KOCHI 38
POONITHURA SREE SUBRAHMONIA TEMPLE FRONT VIEW, KOCHI 38
Share experience

Nearby Places

Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple
Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple

Sree Poornathrayesa temple (in Malayalam: ശ്രീ പൂര്‍ണ്ണത്രയീശ ക്ഷേത്രം) is a Hindu temple situated in Tripunithura, Kochi, the capital of the former Kingdom of Cochin, Kerala, India. The temple is considered among the greatest temples in Kerala and was the first among eight royal temples of the erstwhile Kochi Kingdom. The deity was also considered the national deity of Cochin and protector guardian of Tripunithura. The deity in this temple is Lord Vishnu, who is in the form of Santhanagopala Murthy. Lord Poornathrayeesa is known for his love of elephants. Hence more than 40 elephants participate in his Vrishchikotsavam. And most of the elephants are sent for the utsavam (festival) without a money return expected by the elephant owners as Poornathrayeesa is considered to be an elephant lover. The temple is famous for its yearly utsavams or festivals. The main one is the Vrishchikoltsawam, which is conducted every year in the month of Vrishchikam (November–December), kicking off the Ulsava season in Kerala. This Vrishchikolsavam is the biggest temple festival in the world followed by the koodalmanikyam ulsavam iringalakkuda (Thrissur pooram is not an utsavam but it is a pooram so not counted as an utsavam) and one of the biggest major festivals in the world. It is believed that childless couples will be blessed with children on praying Poornathrayesan. Offering kanikka (money offered to the lord) to Poornathrayeesa in the most pure gold pot on thrikketta purappadu day (fourth day of Vrishchikotsavam) is the greatest achievement that a devotee can achieve. Visiting Poornathrayeesa who is present on top of 15 elephants during the grand procession of Vrishchikotsavam is also considered to be an achievement of a devotee.