Sree Rajagopala Krishna swamy Temple, Kodungallor

This community temple of GSBs is about 1 Km south of the famous Bhagavati Temple in Kodungallor. The main deity is Rajagopala Krishna Swamy with Rukmini and Satyabhama. The idol is made from stone (Krishnashila). Kodungallur or Cranganore about 30 km north of Ernakulam off the National Highway.

Other deities: Mahalaxmi and shila moorthies of Maha Ganapati and Hanuman

History
A few of the Gowda Saraswats migrated from Goa settled in Kodungallor, which was a major sea port and trade centre. One of them was a rich family, Perumballi Kamaths. This family was once cursed by a Brahmin and became childless. As per astrological prediction, it was directed that the family should establish a Vaishnava temple. Accordingly, they constructed a small shrine in about 1849 AD and installed a Sree Krishna idol. In about 1864 AD the family dedicated this temple to the GSB community of Kodungallor. The community took over the governance and run the temple for about 13 years.

Since the temple income was meager, it became difficult and the committee expressed their inability to run the temple further. At that time, Sri Janardhana Bhat, brother of the main poojari, accepted the key of the srikovil and run it for about 8 years with his own funds. In 1880 AD, he started annual ulsav in the temple. The community members felt that Sri. Bhat should not be taxed much and in 1894 AD, the governance was taken over again by a committee elected from the members. They collected donations and pooja materials from members and run the temple. In 1918 AD, the top of the Srikovil was damaged and a committee under Sri PV Janardhana Mallan was constituted to renovate the temple.
In 1921 AD, the prathista was shifted to the Western agrasala and the reconstruction work started with the blessings of the Kashi Mutt Swamiji Sri Sukrithindra Tirtha and completed in about 6 years. The punapratishta was done in 1928 AD by Sri Sukrithindra Tirtha Swamiji. The founders of Lord Krishna Bank were closely associated with the renovation of the Temple.

In 1937 AD, the governance has been handed over to the Kochi Devaswom Board.

Source:http://www.gsbkerala.com/temple/rajakodung.htm

About Kodungallur: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodungallur