KOODAL  MANIKYAM TEMPLE

Situated 21 Km from trissur, and 10 km from Irinjalakuda Railway Station, this ancient temple is perhaps the only one in India dedicated to Bharatha, the brother of Sree Rama. The eleven-day Annual Festival featuring a pageant of thirteen caparisoned elephants (held in April/May), marks the end of the festival season in Kerala.It is open from 03:30 am - 11:30 am & 05:00 pm - 08:30 pm).

SREE KOODALMANIKYAM temple is the embodiment of peace and sanctity,enshining LORD SANGAMESHWARA -God almighty.. The temple is surrounded by four vast ponds . the one inside the temple occupying the entire northern quarter of the ten acre compound is believed to be sanctified by KULIPINI MAHARSHI who had held a great yaga here The pond is known as "KULIPINI THEERTHAM".

Temple is provided with an ancient drainage system which allows no water logging however heavy be the downpour during monsoon.
The popularly known as Koodalmanikam of Sangameswara is supposed to be the Para Brahma moorthy(The God almighty).The sanctum is believed to have the presence of all other godly powers and hence the name KOODALMANIKYAM - Koodal means" joints together".

There is only one place of worship, even Ganapathy is not be found inside the temple. Koodal also means the couplance of rivers.In the ancient past ,Chalakudy river and Kurumali river is said to have flowed through this area and met together on the western side of the temple.Thus the load of the coup lance of this rivers came to be known as KOODLMANIKYM and the place came to be known as "Iru Chaal Koodal".

Seventeen elephants are engaged for the daily ceremonial rounds to the accomplishment of Panchari Melam . The head gears of seven elephants are made of pure gold and rest of pure silver-another uniqueness of this temple.

The Bharani festival at the Kodungallur Bhagawati temple is one of the grandest in Kerala. It is a month of festivities from the Bharani asterism in the month of Aquarius to 7 days after the Bharani asterism in the month of Pisces. Traditionally the temple (especially during the Bharani festival) has been associated with a lot of animal sacrifices. These customs have been done away within the 20th century. The blood of the sacrificed used to be spilled over two stones in the prakaram, and as mentioned above, this practice is now stopped.