Sree Nagaraja Temple, Vetticode

Sree Nagaraja Swami Temple at Vetticode is one of Alappuzha’s notable pilgrimage sites associated with Kerala’s serpent-worship traditions. Kerala Tourism’s festival information identifies the temple in Vetticode and records its annual Ayilyam Mahotsavam, held around the Ayilyam asterism in the Malayalam month of Kanni, usually during September or October. Special worship and rituals take place during the festival period, including Sarpabali, and the temple’s sacred-grove environment is an important part of its religious character.

The temple’s own website also presents it as an ancient pilgrimage centre and identifies Nagaraja and Nagayakshi with the Sarppakkavu, or serpent grove. Visitors should approach the site primarily as an active shrine, following local instructions about dress, entry, photography and ritual spaces. For cultural travellers, Vetticode provides a focused introduction to a form of worship deeply embedded in Kerala’s religious landscape.