This temple is located near Thiruvankulam in Thripunithura, Ernakulam district, on the Kochi–Madurai National Highway. It is hundreds of years old. The inscription on the stone at the entrance to the temple's kitchen is in a script that was used in Kerala approximately a thousand years ago, according to experts. The village where the temple stands today was traditionally famous for studies in the Vedas and for Murajapam or Murayothth.  It is believed that Murayoth was transformed into Murayothth Mangalam and later to Muriyamangalam. The idol consecrated here is in the form of Narasimhaswamy, who rose from the sacrificial fire and is depicted more with four arms. Though the Lord is consecrated in meditation, as he has come up from the fire, the heat is high, and hence anointing with 1001 pots of water to cool the deity is an important offering here. There is no other consecration of Narasimha in this form in Kerala, and this is the only Vishnu temple in Kerala where anointing with 1001 pots of water is offered. The temple is also famous for carvings of figures on wood that depict events in the Puranas. The temple was under the Namboothiris. But when the Land Reforms Act was passed, the temple lost its properties and running it became difficult for the owners. So, in 1995, the ownership and management of the temple were handed over to the Kerala Kshethra Samrakshana Samithy. The temple is now managed by Branch No.1737 of the samithy.