The history of Gauda Saraswat Brahmin community of Cochin comprise of the History of Temple, History of Community and the History of Kashi Mutt. Gosripuram temple, known as Cochin Tirumala Devaswom, is the hub of spiritual, social and cultural activities of the Gauda Saraswat Brahmin Community at Cochin. This temple has a history of more than 400 years. The exodus of Gauda Saraswat Brahmins from Goa, during the Sixteenth Century, their settlement at Gosripuram in Cochin, the building up of the community and temple, the persecution of Konkanis at the hands of Portuguese, their fleeing to Alleppy and the final return and settlement again at Gosripuram. Kashi Mutt Samsthan, the institution that nourished the Gauda Saraswat Brahmin community of the whole of the India is the fulfillment of the deep spiritual yearning of grand old Cochin Mahajanam. Read on for more details.