Payasam & kheer
Pal Payasam
Also called Paal Payasam; Palpayasam.
Daily naivedyamOfficially documented
A classic rice-and-milk temple payasam, famously associated with Ambalappuzha Sri Krishna Temple.
What goes into it
Rice
milk
sugar
How it is made
Rice slowly cooked in milk and sweetened.
Exact temple kitchen formulae — the dittam — are not reproduced here unless the temple has published them. What is described is the culinary family, not a temple’s working recipe.
Where it is offered
Weekly
Sri Padmavathi Ammavari TempleTiruchanoor / Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh · Friday · Friday abhishekam naivedyam · TTD publicly documents this item in the Padmavathi temple ritual menu.
Weekly
Other documented occasions
Ambalappuzha Sree Krishnaswami TempleAmbalappuzha, Kerala · Palpayasa Nedyam · Temple signature offering · Travancore Devaswom Board highlights the temple’s famous rice-and-milk payasam.
Daily tradition
Guruvayur Sree Krishna TempleGuruvayur, Kerala · Commonly reported Guruvayur offering; validate item name/rate against current official vazhipadu portal before publication.
Reported current
Not temple-confirmed
Not temple-confirmed
1 of these records is not yet temple-confirmed. The research that produced this reference flagged them for direct confirmation with the temple, and they are shown here with that flag rather than removed. Treat them as reported, not established.
History and evidence
It appears in the historical and inscriptional record under the name Payasam.
Earliest documentation: Long-standing; Ambalappuzha current.
Dietary note
Recorded as Yes in the tradition described. Commonly present: Milk.
This is informational, never a guarantee. Temple kitchens change formulations, use shared equipment and follow their own Āgamic rules. If an allergy matters to you, ask the temple directly.
Source
- Primary reference for this entry · Documented · confidence High
https://travancoredevaswomboard.org/2012/07/08/ambalappuzha-sree-krishnaswami-temple/ - Sri Padmavathi Ammavari Temple · Official/primary · checked 2026-08-15
https://news.tirumala.org/mouth-watering-naivedyams-offered-to-goddess-of-riches-every-day-_-%E0%B0% - Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple · Secondary source + official temple portal available · checked
https://www.kerala9.com/religion/guruvayur-temple-vazhipadu-list-2026-offering-rates-special-darshan