Alampallam - Old

Alampallam consist of 3 villages namely Alampallam (old), Alampallam, Ramanathapuram. Each village is featured in a separate page

Other names for the agraharam:

Alampallam Sri Chaitanya Mahaganapathi Kovil

Location

Location: The Alampallam-Old village is located about 2 Kms from the Kollengode railway station and adjacent to the Gayatri river

Address: ALAMPALLAM Old VILLAGE

KOLLENGODE ( PO )

PIN 678506

PALAKKAD DISTRICT

KERALA

History

Alampallam old is situated near the banks of River Gayathri which flows parallel to the village. Sri Chaithanya Mahaganapathi is the presiding deity of Alampallam old and the temple is situated in the middle of the village.

Alampallam consist of 3 villages namely Alampallam (old), Alampallam, Ramanathapuram. A grand old Banyan tree is situated in the west end of the old village very close to the river Gayathri. It is assumed that ‘Aal’ means banyan tree and ‘pallam’ means pit hence the place was called as Alampallam.

The early settlers of these villages migrated from ‘Nadukavery’ in the Mayuram village now called as Mayiladuthurai of Nagapattinam district. The village consist about 200 houses spread over three villages.

  • Primary deity: Sri Chaithanya Mahaganapathi

  • Other deities:

Photos

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Utsavams

  1. THAIPOOSAM is celebrated on a grand scale for the past 49 years.

  2. VINAYAKA CHATHURTHI is yet another major celebration which is conducted for the last 44 years.

  3. Thiruvathira with procession of Utsavamoorthi in Goratham

  4. Navarathri

  5. Thrikarthika Deepam

  6. Ushapooja during December-January.

Contact information

The temple is managed by a Committee

Other information

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