A special offering is made at Trichambaram Sree Krishna
Temple on Akshaya Tritiya day. This is known as Karolappam or Unniyappam – a very
famous offering to Lord Krishna in Kerala temples. Although the offering is
performed daily in hundreds of Sri Krishna temple in Kerala and around the
world, at Trichambaram Temple the Akshaya Tritiya karolappam is special.
The Karolappam for the day is prepared by the women of the
family of the priests and offered to Lord Krishna. The legend is based on the belief
that Devaki fed Sri Krishna on see her son for the first time after he annihilated
Kamsa.
The offering is made every month by a family of the region.
But on Akshaya Tritiya day all the families of the village make the offering.
The unique dish is made using rice flour, wheat Flour,
jaggery, ripe banana (small Kerala banana) and coconut pieces.
The deity worshipped in Trichambaram temple is of angry of
young Sri Krishna (Raudra Bhavam). He had just killed Kamsa, Chanura, the court
wrestler, and Kuvalaya, the royal elephant.
This is one rare temple in the world in which Krishna is
first offered food before all kinds of puja.
It houses exclusive murals and
carvings that date back to the 15th and 16th centuries AD.
You can find more about this unique temple here.