Ramapuram Sree Rama Temple

The Ramapuram Sree Rama Temple is an ancient Vishnu shrine in Ramapuram village near Pala, in the Kerala hinterland, believed to be roughly a thousand years old and counted among the 108 Abhimana Kshetrams of the Vaishnavite tradition.

Its circular sanctum, roofed in copper with a golden finial, houses a four-armed image of Rama facing east, cast in panchaloha, an alloy of five sacred metals.

Tradition holds that Rama rested and meditated here during his exile from Ayodhya while searching for Sita, and that his three brothers settled nearby: Lakshmana at Koodapulam, Bharata at Amanakara and Satrughna at Methiri. Their four shrines form the Nalambalam complex, and a circuit of them in the Karkidaka month is known as Nalambala Darshanam. Three Nambudiri Brahmin houses have long managed the temple's lands and worship.