Sree Lakshminarayana Raghupati Temple, North Pallipuram

Pallippuram or Palliport is at the northern end of the Vypeen Island at Cochin about 2 km off the main road. This temple was established in 1881 AD. The main deities are Lakshmi Narayana and Raghupati.

There are also the images of Balakrishna and Hanuman in this temple. Presently, the temple is under direct control of Kashi mutt.
History

The temple originally belonged to the Koudinya Gotra Kamat family of Vypeen who were Ayurveda Practitioners. They migrated to Pallipuram in 1867 AD, after the large scale sea erosion in Azheekal. They carried with them the idol of Lakshmi Narayana, given to them by Sumathindra Tirtha Swamiji of Kashi Mutt and worshiped in their house. Later in 1881 AD, a temple was constructed and prathista was done.

Sri Bhuvanendra Tirtha, the 17th Pondiff of Kashi Mutt was born in this family in 1837 AD. He was initiated to Sanyasa in 1851 AD at the early age of 13 years. He too was proficient in Ayurveda. It was Swami Bhuvanedra Tirtha who handed over the management of the temple to the Kamath family under a deed executed in the year 1882 AD. However, Sri Ramachandra Kamath, a great Ayurveda Physician of the Kamat family, entrusted the management of the temple with its properties to Kashi mutt samsthan in 1980 AD. A branch of Kashi mutt samsthan was established here. The temple was renovated as ordained by Sri Sudheendra Tirtha Swamiji. He also did the puna-prathista and re-installation of the deity in 1991 AD. A community Hall Bhuvanendra Kalamandir on the left side of the temple was inaugurated on that occasion. A public hall for the devotees (Sudheendra Sabha Sadan) has been later constructed adjacent to the temple premises.


The temple has a five day long annual festival in the month of Magha.
Source: http://www.gsbkerala.com/temple/npallipuram.htm