Naalaambalam - Kerala - India

Sreerama Temple Devasthanam is more than 1000 years old place of worship. The village got its very name “ Ramapuram ” after this temple came into existence, together with the other brothers of Lord Sree Rama, namely Lord Lakshmana, Lord Bharatha, and Lord Sathrughna, that too, within a radius of 6 kms in the same Grama Panchayath, in Kottayam Dist., Kerala.

Sree Rama Swami Temple, Ramapuram

The Origin of this temple is based on a Legend. After a long peaceful, beneficial, prosperous rule of Ayodhya, Lord Sreerama did not find mental peace and satisfaction. So, he handed over the kingdom to his sons and left the country, without informing anybody including his most beloved brother Lord Lakshmana.

Sree Rama proceeded towards South, through the old path, which he trekked in search of Sithadevi. At last he reached this beautiful place, with rattling canal on the right side, smiling paddy fields in the rear, surrounded by dense forest. He felt it an ideal place and started his meditation.

As Lakshmana, Bharatha and Sathrughna could not bear the disappearance of their beloved brother any longer, they also left Ayodhya and pursued the path of their brother, believing that their brother would have gone towards South. At last they found him. They said they would also sit near him. So, Lakshmana found at this wounderful land place at Koodapulam, Bharatha at Amanakara and Sathrughna at Methiri, which are equi distant from one another. As years rolled on, four temples rose in each place in their names.

Sree Lakshmana Swami Temple, Koodappulam

Lord Vishnu’s incarnations in the Threthayuga are supposed to be most important among the Avathars of the Lord. The Darshan of the four Lords, Sreerama, Lakshmana, Bharatha and Sathrughna, on the same day is called “Nalambalam Darshanam”.

It is the only place of worship or Temple Complex in India, where you can reach the four deities, which exist in a single village at a distance of total 15 kms. These temples situate in Ramapuram Grama Panchayat, in Kottayam District, Kerala State, and its importance is highlighted in the Temple survey of 1997 of the Govt. of India.