Puthen palace and Puthen Bungalow temple

Puthen palace and Puthen Bungalow temple in Thripunithura

Thripunithura was the home of the royals who ruled Cochin kingdom ,
Rama Varma II otherwise called Midhuna masathil theepeta thampuran ( As there were succesive Rama Varmas most were known by this addition in thier title which told which month they passed away )who ruled between 1864 and 1888 built the Puthen bungalow as his palace ,
this was well before the Hill palace was built .

The temple adjacent was connected to the palace and had most deities of nearby temples in it .
One of the main deities along with Sree Poornathrayeesa is the Palliyarakaavil Bhagavathy idol similar to the one in the temple in Mattancherry Dutch palace given as a gift by the Dutch colonizers to the Cochin Maharajah ,
It was added here as the Maharajah found it difficult to go to Mattacnherry for praying .

The temple also has kodungaloor Bhagavathy, Thiruvanchikulam Mahadevan . ,Ganapathy , Koodalmanickam Bharatan .etc

The temple is still well preserved unlike the palace because the temple is still in the hands of the royal family .

Unfortunately the Puthen bungalow palace was handed over to the Kerala Government in 1982 and that was like handing over a garland to a monkey !!

Some of the most callous ignorant morons should be inhabiting the offices of the Governments that ruled and are still ruling in Kerala to have such an attitude to our priceless heritage .

The palace was built of the finest of materials imported from Europe and built with taste and style ,
the old timers say it was a glorious and beautiful place ,

initially the Radha lakshmi vilasam college of music or RLV College of music was housed in it and one teacher who taught in those days says it was still a grand old building with lot of ambience but with time and neglect it has now crumbled down, with all its costly artifacts swindled ,and the whole place full of thick weeds and heavy undergrowth 😪

Its now a place of rust and decay and the Governments are solely responsible for this state of affairs and this is one more reason that such heritage sites and temples should not be forcibly taken over by these inefficient people from its rightful owners .

I earnestly hope some one litigates against this and the palace is returned to the owners and with participation of corporate sponsorship and public assistance the palace is rebuilt by experts in conservation .

I would like to acknowledge the photos of the palace taken from online sources and if subject to copyright iam willing to delete if needed ,
the temple photos are my own