Koduvayur - Part 1 - Shiva Temple
Koduvayur - Part 1 - Shiva Temple
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The Agraharams of Palakkad
Overview
KERALAPURAM AGRAHARAM (BOOLOKA KAILASAM )
It is a village situated about 10 km away from Palakkad town. There are four streets that were housing exclusively Brahmins in this village. The streets are New Street, Gokula Street, Corner street (Mukku theruvu) and Double (Retta theruvu) Street. There are three temples managed by Iyers in this village viz. Sree Krishna Temple, Sree Viswanatha Swamy Temple and Sree Ganapathy temple. There is also a temple of Keralathappan, whose idol is supposed to have been damaged by Tipu sultan during his raid. The folk tales say that the prathishta Lingam of Viswanatha and that of Visalakshi were brought to the village from Kasi. The Pooja in this temple is by Kurukkal. The car festival is celebrated during the festival of Thiruvadira and the idols from the three temples would be placed in separate cars and the chariots would be drawn through various streets of the Gramam. Following the car festival there will be a Theppam. This is a flower-decked boat in which the idol is taken round the tank. Though this is common in Tamil Nadu it is rare in Kerala.
Location
Location: The Koduvayur agraharam is located It is located 15 kilometers from the Palakkad railway station
Address: MMM3+W28, Keralapuram St Rd, Koduvayur, Kerala 678501
Temple Timings:
5.30AM TO 9.45AM
5.00PM TO 8.00PM
History
It is said that the four lingams had qualities which were metaphors for the 4 'Varnas'. Thus the "general belief is that he installed one (the Brähmana lingam) at Kalpätti, the second one (the Kshatriya lingam) at Kotuvayoor and the third one (the 'Fourth Varna' lingam) at Kollankot. It is not known where the Raja installed the fourth (the Vaisya-lingam). Perhaps the temple that had Vaisya-lingam is now known by some other name or that might have been destroyed during the invasion of Mysorean forces."
Deities
Sri Visalakshi Samedha Viswanatha Swamy and Sri Madurai Meenakshi
Sri Krishna - Gokula Street
Sri Ganapathy
Videos
Videos
Photo Gallery
Utsavams
AADI POORAM
ANNABHISHEKAM – THULA MASAM
NAVARATHRI
KARTHIKAI
PRADOSHAM
ARDRA DARSHANAM
RATHOLSAVAM – ON THIRUVATHIRAI DHANU
PRATHISTADINAM – MEDA MASAM -PUNARTHAM NAKSHTRAM
LORD GANAPATHY TEMPLE
CHATHURTHY
THAI POOSAM
SRI RAMA NAVAMI
ASHTAMI ROHINI
URIYADI ON PURATASSI MASAM EKADASI
PRATHISTA DINAM-MEDA MASAM ,MAKEERAM NAKSHTRAM
THIRUVONAM EVERY MONTH
Vahanas
KAMADENU, BOOTHAM, KUTHIRA, KAILASAM, RISHABA, ELEPHANT
Adimakkavu
-na-
Other Agraharam Information
Total homes in the Agraharam: 326
Number and % of Brahmin homes: 198 or 60%
Number and % of homes retaining traditional look: 50%
Does the village have a brahmana samooham: -na-
Does the village temple have a temple car (theru): 1. GANAPATHY THER, 2. SUBRAMANIA SWAMY THER, 3. VISWANATHA SWAMY THER
When was the last ashtabandhana kumbabhishekam done: 10-05-2019 SIVA TEMPLE, 08-05-2019 GANAPATHY TEMPLE
Contact Information
President – VIGNESH K.G – 8892297617
Secretary – BALASUBRAMANIAN-9400478442
TREASURER – VIGNESH PARAMESHWARAN– 8921462094
KANNAN – 9400478442
Well Known Elders from the Agraharam
VISHWANATHA DEEKSHITHAR (LATE)
CHIDAMBARA DEEKSHITHAR ( LATE )
VAIDHYALINGA DEEKSHITHAR ( LATE )
VENKIDESHWARA DEEKSHITHAR
VISHWESH SASTRI (IAS)
Food and Catering
V.R.D DORAI SAMY HOTEL
K.S.P IYER SWEETS
Hall for functions and Lodging
-na-
Bank Accounts for sending Kanikkai, donation or vazhipadu
FEDERAL BANK ,Koduvayur Branch
In favour of Koduvayur Brahmana samooham
18850100025285
IFSC CODE: FDRL0001885
Author's Notes
Koduvayur - Part 1 - 100 Agraharams Project
With the grace of all the Agraharam Gods, the forefathers of each village, and the elders, the 100Agraharam project has completed 24 agraharams as of July 31 2024.
And for today I take great pleasure to present the Koduvayur agraharam to you. As I have explained in the introduction, the volume of media we have from the agraharam is massive. Since the editing is done by me, it is taking a while to sift through the data and publishing it.
This is part 1 and Sri Venkitachalam has given us a wealth of information not just on the festivals and happenings but also on the history and the background of the village.
There are lots of recorded data on the Temple in the Census of India, Special studies - Kerala and let me give you a extract from the pages:
"Datable to fourteenth century, the early history of the temple is still obscure. There are different legends on the origin of the temple. One view is that at this place an old temple, by name Keralattappan temple, existed. It was owned by Pulapatta mana and the temple had paddy fields, which fetched 12,000 paras of paddy per annum.
Subsequently, the episode of Palakkattusseri Raja marrying an Aadivasi lady and the resultant objections from the orthodox Nambootiris became part of the history. The Nambootiris had to leave this place and the Raja brought 64 Tamil Brähmin families from Chidambaram and Tiruvanchiyam in Tamil Nadu. It is also believed that one Lakshmi Ammal, a wealthy Brähmin lady brought four sila-linga idols from Kasi and gave them to Palakkät Raja for installation at appropriate places. She also donated her wealth for the maintenance of these temples."
It is said that the four lingams had qualities which were metaphors for the 4 'Varnas'. Thus the "general belief is that he installed one (the Brähmana lingam) at Kalpätti, the second one (the Kshatriya lingam) at Kotuvayoor and the third one (the 'Fourth Varna' lingam) at Kollankot. It is not known where the Raja installed the fourth (the Vaisya-lingam). Perhaps the temple that had Vaisya-lingam is now known by some other name or that might have been destroyed during the invasion of Mysorean forces."
"Details about the management of the temple in earlier days are not known except that in the early period of the twentieth century there were two ooranma families living in Otta-teruvu and Puttan-teruvu. On 28th June 1937 the temple was taken over by the H.R.&C.E. Board. At that time the ooralars were Sree K.P. Paramēswaran Sastrikal (of Puttan teruvu) and Sree Venkateswara Pattar of Otta-teruvu."
My main references are the above document, Malabar Manual by William Logan and a few other books.
But I am also inclined to believe the locals who have a wealth of information which has been handed down to them through their elders over centuries.
Radhe Krishna
Sriram(Hari), 100-Agraharams Project
Rama Bhagavathar Charitable Trust
August 2, 2024
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