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:
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:
Adimakkavu: Palllasena Pazhaya kavu, Peringottu Kavu, Parikkancheri Kavu, Manapully Kavu
Leading personalities: Upanyasakar Narayana Sastrigal, Upanyasakar Jayarama Sastrikal
Photos
Videos
Utsavams
THAIPOOSAM is celebrated on a grand scale for the past 49 years.
VINAYAKA CHATHURTHI is yet another major celebration which is conducted for the last 44 years.
Thiruvathira with procession of Utsavamoorthi in Goratham
Navarathri
Thrikarthika Deepam
Ushapooja during December-January.
Contact information
1.President – Sree A.V Hariharan (Manikandan) 9447625567
2.Secretary- Sree S Lakshmanan 9447577561
3.Treasurer- Sree A.N Ganesan 9496435610
4. A.N.Vaidyanathan 9446943098
Other information
Total homes in the Agraharam: 50
% of Brahmin homes: 35 homes
% of homes retaining traditional look: 85%
does the village have a brahmana samooham:
does the village temple have a temple car (theru): Gho Ratham only
when was the last ashtabandhana kumbabhishekam done: 2012
Staying places: Yuva Jana Samajam Hall, Contact 1. A.L Sivaraman, 2. A.V Narayanan, 3.A.K Venkiteswaran