Poonithura

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native_name = Poonithura
state_name = Kerala
district = Ernakulam
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Poonithura (Malayalam language: പൂണ്ണി‌ത്തുറ) is a village located in the district of Ernakulam in Kerala, India. It features one of the popular temples in Ernakulam and it has historical links to the tripunithura veliya ambalam (great temple).

As per the mythology it is referred in Mahabaratha as the place where Arjuna build this temple for lord Krishna in the Chapter of Santhana Gopala. It is believed that this happened here and later on the temple was moved to Tripunithura.

Pooni means the "containment for arrows " , "Thura means sea shore" . The belief is that in Mahabaratha Arjuna dropped his "puni" before lord krishna as a sign of accepting defeat in the great kurukshetra battle.

Notable people from Poonithura

*M.S Tripunithura, Cine artist
*Tripunithura Radhakrishnan, Gadam artist
*C.V.Hariharan, cine producer of KOLILAKKAM fame

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