Thriprayar Temple

Thriprayar Shree Ramaswami Temple
Thriprayar Shree Ramaswami Temple
	Temple entrance seen from bank of river
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Thrissur
Deity	Rama
Festivals	Arattupuzha Pooram, Ekadasi
Location
Location	Triprayar
State	Kerala
Country	India
	Ramasamy Temple, Triprayar, Thrissur, Kerala
Geographic coordinates	10°24′51″N 76°06′56″E / 10.414159°N 76.115486°E
Architecture
Type	Architecture of Kerala
Specifications
Temple(s)	One
Elevation	27.33 m (90 ft)

Even though the deity as Rama, in the 'thanthrik' context, believers consider the deity as "Thevar" who participate in fishing pond, in their agriculture activities building check dam for paddy cultivation, who inaugurates seasonal plough of land and so on.

Thriprayar Shree Ramaswami Temple is Hindu temple situated in Triprayar in Thrissur district of Kerala state in India. The deity is Rama, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu, with four arms bearing a conch, a discus, a bow, and a garland. The temple is situated on the bank Canoli Canal, which connects Kozhikode and Kodungallur. The temple deity is the presiding deity of Arattupuzha Pooram. Along with Rama, there are shrines for Shiva as Dakshinamoorthy, Ganesha, Shastha and Krishna, and there is also worship for Hanuman and Chathan.^[1]^[2]

Story behind the origin of the temple

The fishermen in the surrounding area found an idol while fishing in the beach. They brought the idol to a land lord nearby, who then built a temple and the temple came under the ownership of "Blahayil Nair", now under Cochin Devaswam Board. A group of fishermen come to temple to commemorate their ancestor's connection to temple once in a year.

Triprayar Ekadasi

Triprayar Ekadasi is a famous festival in central Kerala. It is celebrated in the month of "Vrischikam" (November 15 to December 15), on "Ekadasi," the 11th day after the full moon. This is also called "Karutha Paksha Ekadasi." Devotees say that the presence of Chathan, spirits, and evil with the deity is behind the preference for the "Karutha Paksha Ekadasi" celebration. However, Guruvayur prefers Ekadasi after the new moon. Elephants and the drum concert "Melam" make the festival famous.

Offerings

"NeyVilakku"- to lighting the "Nilavilakk" inside the Temple, "Vedi"- "Kathina Vedi" intend to avoid/overcome danger, "AvilNivedyam"- Rice flakes offering "Avil" offering for Hanuman, "Meenoott"- Feeding Fish by the Riverside "Kanoli Kanal" intend to ancestral spirits, "Pushpanjali", "Thirumadhuram","Appam", "Neypayasam", "Chethi/thulasi/thamara Mala"

More- "Sundarakanda Parayanam", "Kalabham with Annadanam", "Niramala chuttuvilakk" with "pizhinjupayasa nivedyam"

Devotees can make offering to "Chathan/Kuttichaththan/Vishnumaya Chathan" in "Bhandaram/Kanikka" at the west entrance inside the premises

Nalambalam

It is the first among the four temples housing the four sons of King Dasharatha, popularly known as Nalambalams, the others being Koodalmanikyam Temple in Irinjalakuda housing Bharata, Thirumuzhikoolam temple housing Lakshmana and Payammal housing Shatrughna in that order. It is believed that worshipping these temples on a single day in the Malayalam month of Karkadakam is auspicious, and thus many devotees visit these temples. Following temples are known as the Nalambalam ( Four Temples) of Kerala.Nalu means "four" and Ambalam means "temple". It is customary to visit the four temples in the order Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna respectively. A pilgrimage to these temples on a single day believed to be shower blessings and ensure prosperity.

1. Thriprayar Temple - Rama

2. Koodalmanikyam Temple, Irinjalakuda - Bharata

3. Thirumoozhikkulam Lakshmana_Perumal Temple - Lakshmana

4. Payammal Shatrughna Temple - Shatrughna

Images

Thriprayar Temple
Lightes on the walls
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Sreeraman Chira, Chemmappilly

References

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