'Puthunjaayar Perunnal' in St. George Forane Church is in the name of St. Geevarghese. This is the feast of St. Geevarghese. There are no clear evidence stating the year from which the Church started celebrating this day.

In the olden days, Angamaly was over-ridden with snakes and they were a mess for the residents here. So, as an offering the people used to keep aside milk, fruits etc for them. Thereby, the inconveniences due to the snakes came to an end. Knowing this, the foreign missionaries spoke to the people about the brave and courageous St. Geevarghese. With this the people of Angamaly became obliged to St. Geevarghese and became his devotees, and began to celebrate his day as the ‘Puthunjaayar Thirunaal’. There is another story about the ‘Puthunjaayar Thirunaal’. The Patriarch of Babel was ruling over the Christians in Kerala, the kaldayans of Angamaly believed in St. Geevarghese and began celebrating his day as the ‘Puthunjaayar Thirunaal’. Three statues of St. Geevarghese, designed in Italian style, were brought to Cochin. The statue of St. Geevarghese in the St. George Forane Church is one of them.

The Sunday and Monday appearing just after the Easter is celebrated as the ‘Puthunjaayar Thirunaal’.This is one of the widely celebrated Catholic festivals, in which people from all over South India come in legions, with prayers and offerings.
The offerings by the people mainly constitutes models and statues of snakes and eggs made of gold or silver, statues of saints, hens, oil etc…