Purakkad

Sree Venugopala Devaswom

"Dhyayeth Gopalakrishnam Suratharu Vasathou Rathna Simhasanagrey
Venum Panidwayenadharamanisudhaya Poorayantham Vasantham
Bibhranam Samkhachakraam Kithakarayugalam Sathyabhama Sametham
Rugminia Sobhamanam Gavayakarimrugair Gobhiraswadithamkhrim"

 

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Sree Venu Gopala Devaswom Temple, Puarakkad, one of the oldest Gowda Saraswat Brahmin temples in Kerala , is situated in Alleppey  District, 17kms.away  from Alleppey Town. This Temple was built nearly 400 years ago.

Temple has a copper-roofed round 'Sreekovil' in which the principal deity is installed.  There is a three step 'Peedam'. On the first step at top is the Venugopala with Lekshmi devi on the left and Bhoomi devi on the right side. On the second step is a pair of sandals used by Ananda who installed the deity. On the third step are the Utsava moorties and the Madanagopala. The temple faces Eastwards and has a tile-roofed outer square temple 'Nalambalam' surrounding a spacious inner lawn. There is a  temple well inside the Nalambalam. The water from this well is solely used for preparing 'Nivedyas and Pooja purposes.  

The idols of Garuda, Hanuman, Ganapathi, Mahalakshmi are the Secondary deities installed inside the  (Nalambalam). The shrines of  Naga Kanya, Siva, Kaalabhairav and Saint Kundala Gosai are installed outside the inner temple. Saint Kundala Gosai  known in local parlance as 'Jogi'  attained samadhi in the Temple.

 

 

 

 

 

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