Makaliyam Sreeramaswamy Temple

Makaliyam Sreeramaswamy Temple

Makaliyam Sreeramaswamy Temple is a famous temple of the Hindu Lord Sri Rama which is located at Irumpanam in Kochi, Kerala.

The temple is said to be built by the Chera Dynasty.Several years ago, it is believed that a major fire incident had happened in the temple in which almost all gopuras and many structures were severely damaged. This is the new temple constructed by devotees later on and is now owned by Cochin Devaswom Board. The temple is recently renovated again with copper plated roofs & Dashavathara framed walls in panchaloha.

Lord Vinayaka and Lord Ayyappa are the subdeities (upa-devathas) in this temple. Lord Hanuman is also worshipped here without idol.

It is beleived that Lord Rama is considered to be in the most powerful form after killing asura Khara, younger brother of demon king Ravana and his huge army.

Legend has it that Demon Khara, who was an ardent devotee of Shiva, asked Bhagavan Sri Rama to give him darshan in the form of Shiva. Thus Sri Rama here has both the form of Vishnu and Shiva.

Makaliyam Sreeramaswamy Temple is the only temple with Lord Sree Rama as main deity facing west side. Here Lord Rama is in standing position with 18 hands holding weapons and instruments. Wednesday is believed to be an auspicious day for darshan since Lord Shiva is also in the deity,

This is one of the important Vaishnavite temples of Kerala.