| Temples & Legends Of Kerala |
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SRI RAMA TEMPLE AT TRIPRAYAR |
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| Every day for
seven days the procession starts from Triprayar for a certain place where the arattu
(bathing' ceremony) is hold, giving- opportunity to thousands outside Triprayar to offer
Worship to the deity. Triprayar temple is situated in
what is called Chettuva Island, which was formerly under the Zamorins. In 1719 it was
annexed by the Dutch. Then the Mysore Sultan defeated the Dutch and annexed the
territory. Then came the British who defeated the Mysore Sultan. The Cochin
Rajas claimed it as their own. The British gave them the temple. Now it is
under the administrative control of the Cochin Devaswom Board. |
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