Cochin Thirumala Devaswom, Mattancherry

Cochin Thirumala Devaswom, also called Gosripuram, stands at Cherlai in the heart of Mattancherry, Kochi, one of the earliest settlements of the Gowda Saraswat Brahmins in Kerala, and is the community's chief socio-religious institution. When the GSBs left Goa for Kochi around 1568, after the fall of Vijayanagara and forced conversions under the Portuguese, Swami Vijayendra Teertha of the Kumbhakona Math brought with them the image of Venkatachalapathy that is the temple's presiding deity. The temple dates from the second half of the 16th century, and most families living around it still belong to the community.

Venkateswara is placed on a simhasana with Sreedevi and Bhoodevi beside him, and shrines to Mahalakshmi, Hanuman, Garuda and Vigneshwara stand in the grounds, along with the vrindavan of Swami Sukrathindra Thirtha. Beyond the temple yard stand a tank and statues of Swami Vijayendra Theertha and of Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya, a Vijayanagara king. Its huge bronze bell, about four feet across and six feet high, could once be heard far away.