The visit
to this Sree Krishna alias Unnikrishna Temple at Thiruvambady, Thrissur, was a
part of the Malai Nadu Divya Desam visit from 10th to 14th
June 2025, organized by Mantra Yatra (website). Thanks to Mr. Balaji Davey and
his team of Mantra Yatra for the excellent arrangement and personal care. This
temple is at Thiruvambai, a part of Thrissur.
Moolavar : Sri Krishna / Unnikrishna (Lord Krishna in
infant form).
Some of the salient
features of this temple are….
The temple faces west
with a gopuram, and a lamp is on the roadside. Dwajasthambam and balipeedam are in front of the temple.
A Bhagavathy shrine
is on the left side of the Krishna temple.
In thiruchuttambalam,
Vinayagar, Krishna, two Gosala Krishna sannidhis, Ganapati, Brahma Rakshasa,
Ayyappan, and Bhajana mandapa are in the temple.
A golden lizard bas-relief is on the first-floor door of the office building.
ARCHITECTURE
The temple consists
of Sree Kovil, pradakshinapatha, Namaskara mandapam, nalambalam, and
thiruchuttambalam. The Sree kovil is rectangular in plan and on an
adhistanam. The sanctum sanctorum was built on the adhistanam with laterite
stones. The Kerala architecture-style pyramidal roof / vimanam is on the Sree
kovil with tiles.
HISTORY AND
INSCRIPTIONS
The Thiruvambady
temple was originally situated in a village 15 km away from Thrissur, and the
main deity, Lord Krishna, was, some five centuries ago, brought to Thrissur.
The west nada with
Gopuram foundation stone was laid on 22nd August 1984.
LEGENDS
Krishna…
The idol of Krishna, now worshipped here, was originally the Parthasarathy idol
in a temple at Edakkalathur, about 15 km from Thrissur. The temple was very
much similar to this temple with sannidhis of Bhagavathy, Sastha, etc. About
four hundred years ago, the villages moved to this place along with the
Moola Vigrahas to escape communal violence. The Vigrahas are handed over to a
Namboodiri couple at Kachanappilly Illam, 200 meters from the present Thiruvambady
temple. The childless couple worshipped Parthasarathy as their own child; a small temple was constructed, and Parthasarathy was installed as “Unnikrishna”.
Bhagavathy… The Kachanappally couple were ardent devotees
of Kodungallur Devi, and the male used to go to Kodungallur Bhagavathi Amman and walk up and down. After some years, he couldn’t go and he felt very sad.
Bhagavathi, with her Chaitanya, also followed him and came to his place. Consequently, it was enshrined on a granite pillar in the central courtyard within the
Nalukettu. It is this consecrated pillar with the Devi 'Chaitanya' which is
installed in the Sanctum to the left of Unnikrishna and worshipped as the
compassionate Balabhadrakali (Kali as a child).
POOJAS AND
CELEBRATIONS
Apart from regular
poojas, special poojas are conducted on Krishna Jayanthi, Navaratri,
Kalampattu, Vaikunta Ekadasi, Thiru Utsava, Sahasrakalasam, Prathishta day,
Thrissur Pooram, Illamnira (Harvest Festival), Krishnanattam, Bhagavath
Sapthaham, etc.
The Pooram festival was
thought about and choreographed, more than 200 years ago, by the then ruler of
Cochin State, Shri. Ramavarma, more popularly known as Sakthan Thampuran
(1751-1805 CE). The Pooram festival is celebrated in April–May. The festival
will be conducted during the day and night.
TEMPLE TIMINGS
The temple will be
kept open for darshan from 04.30 hrs to 08.30 hrs and from 16.30 hrs to 20.30
hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS
The landline number +91
487 2334354 may be contacted for further details.
HOW TO REACH
The Thiruvambady
Krishna temple is about 1 km from Sree Vadakkunatha Temple, about 2 km from
Thrissur Railway Station, 29 km from Guruvayur, 51 km from Kochi, and 128 km
from Kozhikode.
The nearest Railway
Station is Thrissur Punkunnam (About 500 meters)
LOCATION OF THE
TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
An Amman temple, completely built in Dravidian architecture, on the back side of the Sree Krishna Temple
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