Sree Janardhana temple is located on Amman Kovil Road at Amaravathy - Fort Kochi in Kerala. The temple is dedicated to the Janardhana form of Vishnu Bhagavan. Janardhana is one among the 24 forms of Maha Vishnu.
The darshanam of murti in Janardhana temple is towards east. The Upa Devatas worshipped in the temple are Ganapathy, Shiva, Surya and Lakshmi.
The 8-day annual festival in the temple concludes with arattu on Chitra nakshatra in Medam month. The temple follows panchayatana ritual and the festival processional deity is Sri Krishna with four hands. Other festivals and rituals observed in the temple include Karthika Masa Pooja, Vasantha Pooja and Akshaya Tritiya.
The temple belongs to Konkani Speaking Vaishya Vanya community of Goa. They escaped persecution and forcible conversion of Portuguese and settled in Kochi. The temple is managed by the Srimad Janardhana Devaswom.
Two nearby temples are Mahabaleshwar and Hanuman Kovil.
Similar other temples in this region include Althara Bhagavathy in Amaravathy, Erattakulangara Bhagavathy at Pachalam in Ernakulam, Venkatachalapathy in Pallathuruthy, Vaduthala Ganapathy and Dattatreyam in Elamakkara.
Sree Janardhana Devaswom
The main temple under this devaswom is Sree janardhana Swamy temple, Amaravathy . The other prominent temples under this devaswom include Althara Bhagavathy temple, Mahabaleshwar temple and Hanuman temple all three temples are located in Amaravathi itself.
Other temples of Vaishya Vaniya Community in Kerala:
- Erattakulangara temple, Pachalam
- Sreemad Ganapathy temple, Vaduthala
- Sree Venkatachalapathy temple, Palluruthy
- Sree Dattatreya temple, Elamakkara