Overview

Vinayaga and Guruvauyoorappa temple in a single complex and Trinageswaram Shiva in a separate temple just outside the village surrounded by fields and a pond

Location

History

Deities

Photo Gallery

Utsavams & Festivals

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

Peruvemba - East - 100 Agraharams Project

The Palakkad to Pollachi railway line bisects Peruvemba. The East side has more footfalls. The Peruvemba East village's proximity to the Ootukulangara Bhagavathy Temple makes the already flourishing village, affluent.

I love the location of the Thirunageswaram Sivan Temple just outside the agraharam as it reminds me of picture perfect locales like the Rishi Narada Mangalam temple amidst green fields.

Located about 18 kilometers from the Palakkad railway station and about half a kilometer front the Oottukulangara Bhagavathy Temple, this agraharam is well maintained. You don't want to miss the impeccably preserved traditional homes and importantly on the road that connects to the Shiva temple.

I have always felt that festivals and celebrations are an integral part of Agraharams. However I have always strongly felt the need for building institutions in and around agraharams. Schools, Hospitals, Vocational training schools etc. It is one of the important ways to sustain our Dharma. Peruvemba East agraharam, I am happy to say, have donated the land and building to enable the government run a school which helps many around the area. The gramam also keeps doing improvement to the facilities at the school.

When I sat down to edit this agraharam yesterday, Sri Peruvemba Seshu Venkatakrishnan reached out to me by email and sent the following: "My paternal great grandfather Rao Bahadur PV Seshu Iyer is my earliest known connection to the village. He was also called Ana Patta as he had an elephant in his back yard. Seshu Iyer was a great mathematician of his times and has been President of Indian Mathematical society for many years. He was conferred the Rao Bahadur title by the British empire for his service to Math. He was principal of Kumbakonam college and subsequently a Professor of Math at Presidency college. When he was at Kumbakonam college, Ramanujan was a student there. Ramanujan was a math genius but didn't do well at other classes. Ramanujan 's genius was recognized then by Prof Seshu Iyer. Ramanujan kept in touch with Seshu Iyer and subsequently met with Seshu Iyer in Chennai. There he showed him his notebook on Math problems he solved. Seshu Iyer recognized this genius and wrote to Prof Hardy at Oxford University attaching a couple of pages from Ramanujan 's notebook telling him about this brilliant student. The World got to see Ramanujan 's brilliance as a result."

"Peruvemba, a village in Kerala, is known for its high-quality percussion instruments crafted by the Kadachi Kollan community. These instruments, such as mridangam and chenda, are sought after by musicians across south India. The community has a history of over 200 years in instrument-making, transitioning from metalsmiths to instrument craftsmen due to the influence of Carnatic music in Palakkad."

When you go to Peruvemba, spend time at both the gramams, East and West while you go to the Bhagavathy temple. I respect the residents for keeping some of the homes intact with a traditional look. I see the outside and inside of a beautifully maintained agraharam home and I weep for my lost agraharam home in Kalpathy. It was, like all agraharam homes, priceless.

Radhe Krishna

Sriram(Hari)

100-Agraharams Project

Rama Bhagavathar Charitable Trust

July 30, 2024