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Home > Temples of Kerala > Thrikkakkara Vamana Moorthy Temple Thrikkakkara Vamana MoorthyThrikkakkara Vamana Moorthy, Mahavishnu north of ernakulam, 2 kilometers east of edapally, festival from chingam atham, thiruvonam arattu. on the birthday of mahavishnu the devotees participate in the feast. the feast itself is an offering. Most number of stone manuscripts were found in this temple amongst Kerala temples. This is in Thrikkakara in Emakulam district via Pookattupadi. Two temples, one is Vamana temple and other is Mahadeva temple, are situated in an area encompassing lOY2 acres. Vamana temple has big round Sreekovil. The presiding deity is Vamana (Vishnu), facing eastward. Five poojas are conducted and Thanthram is Puliyannoor. The sub-deities of Vamana temple are Bhagavathi, Sasthav, Gopalakrishnan, Nagam, Rakshasu, Yaks hi etc. Sree Mahadeva temple is situated on the southern side. In Vamana temple festival starts on Atham day of Chingam month and arattu is on Thiruvonam day. People who could not attend for the festival were ordered to install Thrikkakarayappan in their houss and conduct the festival by the Kerala Emperor Perumal. The tradition of placing Thrikkakarayappan in residences from Atham day to ThiruvonaIJl with Onam celebration was started thus.
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