Edappally Perunal Festival

Edappally Perunal Festival in Kerela

Edappally is a fast growing suburb of Kochi/Cochin City in Kerala state, southern India. Edappally was the seating place of the Edapally Rajas, the ruler of this place. The town is famous for St. George’s Church which is quiet old and is a pilgrimage centre. Perandoor Temple, Thrickovil Sree Krishna Temple, Puthukkalavattam Mahadeva Temple, Punnakkal Bhagavathy Temple, Ponekkara Bhagavathy Temple are important places of worship. Elamakkara Lourdh Matha church is the other noticed worship place, which has a history over a 100 years. Edappally mosque (more than 1000 years old) and many other old buildings are preserved in Edappally.

The important place of worship is the St. George Ferone Church of Edappally. The St. George the dragon slayer is the presiding saint. It is under the control of the Syrian Catholic Dioces of Ernakulam. Praying at the shrine on the way on any journey is considered a necessity even by people of other faiths. The offering is simply candles and coins into the bhandaram. A new colossal Church is nearing completion. Edappally is now famous for Changampuzha Samskarika Kendram, where various cultural programmes are regularly organised, which include Kathakali, dramas, music,children’s programmes, Akshara slokas, various cultural meetings, etc. Another famous institution at Edappally is ‘Changampuzha Smaraka Grandhasala’, a library established in 1950 as a memorial to the famous Malayalam poet, Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, who is the famous son of Edappally.This library is an outstanding one with a collection of about thirty thousand titles and a reference section (approved as the Kanayannur Taluk Reference Library). This has an Art wing offering training in various types of dance items, music (vocal and instrumental), Painting and drawing, etc. About six hundred students undergo training in these.