Payammal Shatrughna temple is located at Aripalam around 6 km from Vellangallur on Irinjalakuda – Kodungallur route in Thrissur district, Kerala. The five day long temple festival at Payammal Shatrughan temple starts on Pooyam nakshatra in Kumbham month. On Makayiram nakshatra in medam month, the prathishta dinam is observed. Karkidakam masam is observed as Ramayana Masam. The shrine is dedicated to Shatrughna, brother of Sri Rama in Ramayana. The murti is nearly 3.5 feet tall and it faces west. The murti has four hands – chatur bahu vigraham. The upa devata worshipped in the temple is Ganapathy. His place is on the wall of the sreekovil. There is the presence of Hanuman in the mugha mandapam. Vakkayil Kaimal got the vigraham from seashore – he had got three four vagrahams of the four brothers in the Ramayana. This was a mahakshetram and many parts of it including anapallamathil were purposefully destroyed by Tipu Sultan. To save the original Panchaloha murti (five metals - Bras