Overview

Very rare temple in kerala and deity is sitting on a lotus and having one lotus in hand, samgu, chakra , gadai , 4 hands, same vigraham as of Alamelu Mangai, Tirupathi

Location

History

Deities

Photo Gallery

Utsavams

Vahanas

Adimakkavu

Other Agraharam Information

Contact Information

Well Known Elders from the Agraharam

Food and Catering

Hall for functions and Lodging

Bank Accounts for sending Kanikkai, donation or vazhipadu

Author's Notes

Perinkulam - Kariot Gramam - 100 Agraharams Project

Kariot Gramam - I was intrigued at the name Kariot which is not usual for a gramam. Parameswaran mama tells me that since the second group removed Mahalakshmi from the Padinjare Gramam for a reason - the gramam was called "kariyathodu" (idol removed for a reason) which became Kariot. Stepping inside the temple transported us to a delightful all timber namaskara mandapam with Dikpala carvings on the ceiling. I couldn't peel my eyes off the woodwork. After a series of misfortunes which affected the families who separated the divine couple - it has been tradition to combine the rituals of both the Padinjare and Kariot gramams with precedence to Lord Varadaraja. The hall in front of the temple was busy with a upanayanam and the "vadu" was being brought to the temple to be blessed. The inners of the Mahalakshmi temple have been maintained without any unsightly tin sheets between the outer corridor and the sanctum. I love such temples that allow sun and rain to fall on the devotee.

The temple website has a mention about the origin of the name: "The name of the village is considered to have come from a particular way of roof tiling method, once followed in this stretch of houses in the Agraharam which is called as “Karai odu’."

Sri P R Ramachander in his blog about the agraharam writes: "Four ponds have been dug by iyers in the village viz., Suryappa pattar kolam, Annakutty kolam, Anandan Kolam and Chitri Kolam." The elders of the village and many agraharams across this land wisely dug ponds wherever they lived. They had great knowledge about the hydrology of the place and did their study of topography, runoff etc before digging these timeless and useful structures.

நீர்இன்று அமையா யாக்கைக்கு எல்லாம் உண்டி கொடுத்தோர் உயிர் கொடுத்தோரே! says the Purananooru (1st century Sangam Literature)

"Aapo Janayathaa Ca Nah" says Apah Suktam of Rig Veda - "O Water, you are the source of our lives."

Ramachandran mama further mentions about the leading sons of Perinkulam thus: "Among the prominent people of the village are Sri P.R.Subramanya Iyer, prominent advocate, Industrialists Ramadas and Balakrishnan who ran the company Rambal limited manufacturing fasteners, Sri P.N.Ganesan who took part in the freedom struggle, Sri Viswanatha iyer who ran a modern dairy in the village and Dr. P.V.Rajappan the agricultural scientist who worked among tribals of Tamil Nadu."

Radhe Krishna

Sriram(Hari)

100-Agraharams Project

Rama Bhagavathar Charitable Trust

August 29, 2024