Ambalappuzha Sree Krishna Swamy Temple, located in Ambalappuzha in Alappuzha District, is one of Kerala’s most important Vaishnava temples. The presiding deity is Lord Krishna in the form of Parthasarathy, the charioteer of Arjuna from the Mahabharata. The temple is believed to have been built during the 15th–17th centuries by Pooradam Thirunal Devanarayanan Thampuran of the former Chembakassery kingdom.