Kollengode - Perumal Kovil
Overview
Perumal Kovil Gramam, KOLLENGODE
Location
Location: 30 kilometers from Palakkad Junction via Peruvamba road and just off SH58
Address: JM7V+C5V, SH58, Kollengode, Kerala 678506
Temple Timings:
6.00AM TO 8.30AM
5.30PM TO 7.00PM
History
There are two streets with temples and technically two agharams into one. The older temple is the Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple and the later, Perumal temple.
Deities
Primary deities: Sree Boomisametha Sree Lakshmi Narayana Perumal
SRI MEENAKSHY SUNDARESWARAR SWAMY TEMPLE in a separate village
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Utsavams & Festivals
Vaikunta Ekadashi, Makarasankramam , Medasankramam
Meda masam – Ratholsavam (10 days) Tiruvonam- Kodiyettam and Rohini-
Kodiyirakkam. Medamasam Kumbhabhishekam Prathistadinam.
Karkitaka masam- Ganapati homam daily and Ramayana Parayanam
Karkitaka masam – 31 st kootu ganapathi homam
Chingam Thiruvonam- Nira Puthari
Ashtami rohini Ekadashi- Uriyadi,
Navaratri 9 days special abhishekam/Pooja
Purattasi masam – on one Saturday Venkitachalapathy Vilakku
Vrishchika masam – Thri Karthika Deepam
Tiruvathira - Ardhradarsanam
Makarasankramam , Medasankramam
Meda masam – Chithira Star – Prathista Dinam
Karkidaka Masam – One Friday kootu payasam and Bhagavati Seva
Chingam- Nira Puthari
Navaratri 9 days special abhishekam/Pooja
Lalitha Sahasranamam Parayanam
Thula masam PradoshaVilakku ,Annabhishekam
Vrichika Masam-Tirukarthika
On all Pradhosham spl Abhishekam and Deeparadhana
Vahanas
Nandhi Vahanam (used on the occasion of Thiruvathira, Grama pradhikshinam, on Goratham)
Adimakkavu
PURATTIL KAVU, PERINGOTTU KAVU, MANGOTTU KAVU, MEENKULATHY KAVU
Other Agraharam Information
Total homes in the Agraharam: 85
Number and % of Brahmin homes: 20 or about 25%
Number and % of homes retaining traditional look: 85%
Does the village have a brahmana samooham: Yes
Does the village temple have a temple car (theru): Yes, No Pallakku
When was the last ashtabandhana kumbabhishekam done: 2014
Contact Information
PERUMAL KOVIL GRAMA BRAHMANA SAMOOHAM
K.N Thyagarajan Managing Trustee
1.President – Sree K. MANOJ (9790915952)
manojswamy1975@gmail.com
2.Secretary- Sree G. ANANTHANARAYANAN (9447745008)
ananthuklg@gmail.com
3.Treasurer- Sree P.S KRISHNAN (9447619904)
Well Known Elders from the Agraharam
SRI KALYANA RAMA IYER (LATE)
NAMA SANKEERTHANAM
Food and Catering
HOTEL SHRI GANESH BHAVAN, POLLACHI ROAD
HOTEL SHRI KRISHNA BHAVAN, KOLLENGODE TOWN
K.S RAMESH, EAST VILLAGE, HOME CATERING SERVICE
Hall for functions and Lodging
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Bank Accounts for sending Kanikkai, donation or vazhipadu
PERUMAL KOVIL GRAMA BRAHMANA SAMOOHAM
SB ACC/ - 4296000100082255 (PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK)
IFSC – PUNB0429600
Author's Notes
Kollengode - Perumal Kovil - 100 Agraharams Project
There are two streets with temples and technically two agharams into one. The older temple is the Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple and the later, Perumal temple.
The saddest part is the mention by Sri Thyagarajan about the loss of lands which yielded about 30000 para of Paddy. To put things in perspective you need to know more about the measures of rice.
One Naazhi: The smallest measuring tool, is around 200 grams
One Idangazhi: 4 naazhis make up 1 idangazhi - 800 grams
One Para: 10 idangazhis make up 1 para - 8 kilos
One Sack: 7 paras make up 1 sack - 56 kilos
One Cartload: 10 sacks make up 1 cartload, which could be pulled by a bullock cart - 560 kilos or about half a ton
If we consider 70% yield of Rice per kilo of Paddy then the temple used to get about 168,000 kilos of rice. The temples applied a part of the produce for daily puja and sold/bartered the rest to fund other running expenses, provide food to poor and needy.
The loss of the land after the Land reforms pushed the temples and destroyed the fabric of the agaraharams and its temples as evidenced from the talk.
I greatly echo the sentiments of Sri Anantanarayanan who observes that only the current generation is still holding on to the roots to their agraharams and make an annual pilgrimage (during the utsavams mostly) but their children rarely look into their roots and soon they may forget their past.
The purpose of the 100 Agraharams project is to turn the tide and make sure that the agraharams survive.
Kollengode is scenic and once I have completed documenting all the agraharams in Palakkad, I will bunch the agraharams into groups so that any devotee can do a circuit with minimum time.
Radhe Krishna
Sriram(Hari)
100-Agraharams Project
Rama Bhagavathar Charitable Trust
July 27, 2024