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Dear BhakthAs :

This posting on a sister list would eb of interest to you
as you plan your trips to Kerala Dhivya dEsams .

Most of these dhivya Desams have been included 
in Swamy NammAzhwAr's MangaLAsAsanams .

V.Sadagopan 
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Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:22 PM
Subject: [RamanujaMission] Divya Desams in Kerla - useful tips


> Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Parabrahmane Nama:
> =======================================================
> Subject: Divya Desams in Kerla
> Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:01:41 -0400
> 
> Dear all
> please accept my humble pranams. Kindly excuse me this
> is a very long email.
> 
> I have a very small knowledge about the Kerala based
> divyadESams, which I would like to share with you all.
> Kindly pardon me for any mistakes committed.
> For the people who visit Kerala temples, It is a must
> that, for men they should wear dhothis, in
> thriuvananthapuram they don't even permit, an
> additional bag with you. Men has to remove the shirt
> completely, before entering into the temple. Ladies,
> some temples like Guruvayoor, Thiruvananthapuram etc,
> don't permit Churidar at all. Saree will be the best
> choice, no one will complain (it is a pain, becoz,
> some times the temple guards behave in a bad way in
> case of "improper dressing" and if you try to enter
> without knowledge of dress code). There are other
> magnificiant Vishnu temples also in kerala. One
> another example is Thrippunithura. It is a family
> temple of Kochi Royal family, Hosting ParamapadaNathan
> or Poornathrayeesan. I request the bhagavathas who
> visit thrikkakkara, also visit, this place, it is in
> 10 KM distance from trikkakkara and it is as old as
> trikkakkara. The deity is in Adisesha Simhasanam, with
> an exquisite sitting posture. There are very special
> temple timings. Most of the temples now follow the
> Tanthra Samuchayam Kriya bhagam an old collection of
> temple rituals, and are non agamic. The temple has a
> thirumanjanam early in the morning, followed by the
> first, prasanna pooja know as Usha: pooja., the second
> pooja, is at the time of the rising Sun, around 7.00
> AM, this is associated with a small procession of
> Perumal, to over see the Sri Bali being done  for the
> Dwarapalakas, Dikpalakars, and other buutha ganas and
> vishwasksena. The fourth pooja is called PanthIradi,
> which is done when the Nizhal gets 12 feets of length.
> It is around 8.30 PM. Ucha PUja is the most important
> pooja conducted, is similar to Ijya aradhanam. Many
> important temples has a special thirumanjanam Called
> Navakam, assosicated with this pooja. In big temples,
> it is Panchapakshaparamanandam  that is the food for
> perumal is associated with special Curry called Kalan,
> OLan, Erisseri, and Mezhukku puratty, Asthram, and
> Paysam. After that there is a second Sri Bali,
> overseen by perumal procession. During Special days,
> this Sri bali is replaced by Sri bhUtha Bali, which is
> a slightly more elaborate version of it. During Annual
> Festival Days, a much more elaborate version of it
> which takes 7 hours to finish (in the case of Perumal
> time varies, for other demigods) is done called
> Uthsava Bali.  After ucha pooja around 12 pm, the
> temple closes and reopens around 5 pm. Which is
> associated with a deepa arathi. The night pooja,
> called Aththazha pooja, starts around 8 pm, which is
> followed by a third Sri Bali, again over seen by
> perumal.
> 
> there are 13 divyadESams based on malai Nadu, out of
> them, there are 11 divyadESams in Kerala. (other two
> are in the boundaries i guss, thiruvattaru for sure,
> it is in the Tamilnadu-kerala border near to
> Thiruvanantha puram, other one is thiruvanparisaram)
> the Sangameswara temple at irinjalakuda, is not among
> the mangalasasanam divya dESam. besides its associated
> temple Thirumoozhikkalam, which is near to Mala, in
> thrissUr district is the divyadeSam. thirikkakkarai,
> also is not near to irinjalakkuda, it is in Cochin,
> these are the 11 temples inside kerala
> 1. Thiru naavaay
> 2. Thiru viththuvakkOdu
> 3. Thiruk kaatkarai
> 4. Thiru mUzhikkaLam
> 5. Thiru vallavaazh
> 6. Thiruk kadiththaanam
> 7. Thiruch chengkunRanUr
> 8. Thiruppuliyur
> 9. ThiruvaaRan viLai
> 10. Thiru vaN vaNdUr
> 11. Thiru anandha puram
> 
> 
> 1. Thiru naavaay
> 
> MOOLAVAR         :  Tirunavai Mukundan
> Thayar: Malarmangai Naachiyaar
> Vimanam:  Veda Vimanam
> TEHARTAM: Senkamala Saras
> 
> OTHER SANNIDHIES :  There are subshrines to Ganapati
> on the south west corner and Bhagavati on the north
> east corner.
> This is the only divyadEsam, in Kerala which has a
> separate sannidhi for thayar.
> 
> The image of Navamukundan is portrayed only from above
> the knee, the rest of the image being concealed within
> the ground. There are interesting legends associated
> with this state of the image. There is believed to be
> a bottomless unexplored pit behind the image in the
> sanctum. The Maasi makam  festival used to be
> celebrated at this temple in great splendour on the
> Bharatapuzha river bank for a 30 day period commencing
> with Thaippoosam, once in 12 years (corresponding to
> the Maha makam festival at Kumbhakonam). This
> celebration  stopped after control of the region
> passed on to Hyder Ali in the 18th century. It is
> indeed the cradle of culture in northern Kerala.
> HOW TO REACH: best travel base is Shornanur, from
> where one can easily get into Malapuram Dist near
> Ponnani and  situated on the banks of the river
> Bharathapuzha.
> The ten-day annual festival at the Thirunavaya
> Navamukunda Temple, dedicated to Navamukunda (Lord
> Vishnu), begins with Kodiyettam and concludes with
> Arattu (theertha vari). The last three days are the
> most auspicious.
> 
> 2. Thiru viththuvakkOdu
> 
> MOOLAVAR         :  Uyyavanda Perumaal.
> (Thiruvithuvakkottamman as KulaSekhara perumaL referes
> him) Padmapani Naachiyaar
> TEHARTAM: Chakra Theertham
> 
> OTHER SANNIDHIES :
> The same travel base as that of thirunavaya, it is
> also in malappuram dist. But if you ask, somebody on
> the road about thiruvithuvakkode, nobody will be able
> to answer. It is popularly known as thirumittakkode,
> or anchumurthy kovil, the temple has connections to
> mahabharatha, and said to be installed by the
> pandavas. The annual festival is celebrated in the
> month of Chittirai.
> 
> 3. Thiruk kaatkarai
> 
> MOOLAVAR         :  Trikkakkarai Appan. Perunchelva
> Naayaki thayar
> TEHARTAM: kapila theertham
> 
> OTHER SANNIDHIES :  sridevi, Ayyappan, Gopalakrishnan
> (inside the main shrine) there is an associated siva
> temple, just on the doorstep, which is believed to be
> worshiped by Mahabali himself. The local practice is
> first to go to siva temple, and then to go to katkarai
> appan sannidhi. I lived in this place for last 5
> years, had a daily darshan of katkarai appan.
> Besides this there is a shrine of a Brahma Rakshas,
> also, out side the temple., the shrine has
> associations with the temple
> HOW TO REACH: it is situated, close to the Cochin
> University of Science and Technology. So on the route
> to Eranakulam from Thrissur at NH 47, one has to
> deviate from South Kalamassery (this is 5 km after
> Alwyae junction which has a big Railway stn).
> In the month of Sravanam starting from the star
> Hastham till Thiruvonam is the annual Festival, which
> is also the festivals for keralites, Onam.
> 
> 4. Thiru mUzhikkaLam
> 
> MOOLAVAR         :  Moozhikkalattappan (Lakshmana
> Perumaal)
> TEHARTAM: Shankha Theertham
> This shrine is associated with legends from the
> Ramayanam.   Legend has it that while Bharata the
> brother of Rama and Lakshmana, came to invite Rama,
> then in exile, to take over the reins of the kingdom,
> an angry Lakshmana suspecting Bharata's intentions
> intended to kill him; however, Bharata's innocence was
> very soon revealed, and then the two of them offered
> worship together at Tirumoozhikkalam. Worship is
> offered to Rama, Sita and Hanuman at this spot
> acknowledging their presence.
> No music is played during worship services here,
> unlike other temples.
> The annual festival which falls in the malayalam month
> of Makaram used to be an occasion of great festivity,
> with performances of koothu and Koodiyaattam for a 41
> day period (in the temple Koothambalam).
> Associated closely with this temple are temples
> dedicated to Bharata at Irinjalakuda Rama at Triprayar
> and to Satrugna at Payammel.
> The temple was Sacked by during Tippus invation, like
> the temple at Thiruvanjikkalam. The image of the
> presiding deity is in a damage . A silver kavacam or
> armour was made as a covering for the image; however
> soon after installation of the kavacam an attempt was
> made to steal it. Afterwards a Devapransam was
> conducted, which insisted that the perumal wanted to
> be in that state only, he didn't want to hide the
> damage or replace the moolavar. Since then it stays
> like that.
> For the people who travel from GuruvayUr, towards,
> trikkakkara, the best is to cover thiruMUZhikkalam
> first. Infact, it is a practice in Kerala, during the
> Ramayana month (Adi month) to visit the four temples
> Thriprayar, irinjalakkudai, moozhikkalam, and payummal
> on the same day it self. One can infact finish this on
> the same day, if you are in a vehicle, and this is en
> route to cochin from guruvayUr, if you adopt the route
> through the NH 17 and then switch to NH 47. (if you
> stick on to NH 17 alone, it is not possible to reach
> moozhikkalam directly.)
> 
> 5. Thiru vallavaazh
> 
> MOOLAVAR         :   Sri Vallabhan.
> There is a subshrine to Vishwaksena, in the north east
> corner of the inner prakaram, facing south. Vallabha
> is portrayed as bearing a conch, a discus and a lotus.
> Chakraththazhvar is seen through the west cardinal
> door of the sanctum is held in worship and is believed
> to have been installed in the 13th century. Much of
> the present form of the temple dates back to the 14th
> century. Festivals: A one day festival is conducted in
> the month of May when images of deities (Bhagawati)
> from the Kavil, Padappaad and Alamthurathu temples are
> brought in decorated palanquins to this temple and
> brought in through the northern entrance of the temple
> in great splendor and are given offerings of new
> clothes and the likes prior to their return to their
> respective temples. It is only on this day that the
> northern entrance is opened.
> HOW TO REACH: the comfortable staying place, is
> Kottaym, from which thiruvalla town is in 1hour
> distance. But thiruvalla is also a developing town.
> The following five temples, Thiruvalla,
> Trikkodithanam, thirichittar (don't ask
> thiruchengannur), thirupuliYUr, Aranmulai and
> thiruvanvandoor are also considered to be consecrated
> by the pandavas (except thiruvalla). And it is also a
> practice of the south keralaites, to go to all these
> five temples (except thiruvalla other five are
> together called Anchambalam)  in one day. That means
> they are situated in and around thriruvalla,
> chengannoor and aranmula. This place is one of the
> base camp of Sabarimala temple so, if you want to have
> a better calmly darsan avoid sabarimala Season.
> 
> 6. Thiruk kadiththaanam
> 
> MOOLAVAR         :  Amrita Narayanan
> Tirukkodittanam  is one of the five ancient shrines in
> the Chengannur area of Kerala, connected with the
> Mahabharatam. (thiruchittar - Yuddhishtra,
> Tiruppuliyur - Bheema, Aranmula - Arjuna, Tiruvamundur
> - Nakula and Tirukkadittaanam - Sahadeva). It is
> located near the town of Changanacheri near Kottayam.
> There are subshrines to Narasimha and Dakshinamurthy
> here.  The Narasimha image is said to date back to the
> Vijayanagara period. Deepa Mahotsavam is celebrated
> in the month of Vrischikam (Nov 15 - Dec 15). This
> festival is said to commemorate the self immolation of
> Madri the mother of Sahadevan. In this unique
> festival, plantain leaves are arranged in the form of
> a pyre, and torches are inserted and lighted to the
> accompaniment of unique percussion instruments.
> 
> 7. Thiruch chengkunRanUr
> The better used name is thrichittaru, becoz, there is
> a huge siva temple at chengannur. So if you ask
> chengannur, people will simply direct you there.
> 
> MOOLAVAR         :   Imaiavarappan,
> In its good days, this temple's annual festival in the
> malayalam month of Meenam (this is that particular
> month, I don't know tamil name) witnessed elaborate
> celebrationss with performances of Chakkiyar koothy,
> Koodiyattam etc.
> 
> 8. Thiruppuliyur
> 
> MOOLAVAR         :  Maayappiraan (Kuttanattu
> thiruppuliyoor as inscribed by Nammazhvar). local
> legends associated with feudal warfare amongst the
> local rulers and the priests are also associated with
> this temple. It is believed that this temple lay
> without worship for a 200 year period after which it
> was consecrated and reopened.
> 
> 9. ThiruvaaRan viLai
> 
> MOOLAVAR         :   Parthasarathy (Tirukkuralappan)
> Aranmula is a beautiful village  located further
> inland from Chengannur, (9 km west) on the left bank
> of the Pampa river. The temple has four towers over
> its entrances on its outer wall. The eastern tower is
> accessed through a flight of 18 steps. Descending 57
> steps through the northern tower, one can reach the
> Pampa river.Aranmula Boat Race is done on the
> Uthrashada star after the thiruvonam star, in the
> month of Avani. On thiruvonam day there are special
> rituals and thadiyaradhanam, is done for thousands of
> people, and the person who leads the festival, takes
> fasting on Onam day (which is very unusual). The
> temple was consecrated by Arjuna. And there is no
> other shirine other than parthasarathy, and Balarama.
> The annual festival is again falling in this month (I
> am not sure, it is over or not), and the last days are
> very special becoz, one day perumal comes out in
> Garuda vahanam, I think this is the only temple in
> Kerala has a Garuda Sevai.
> 
> 10. Thiru vaN vaNdUr
> 
> MOOLAVAR         :  Kamalanathan
> The deity Kamalanathan is portrayed in a standing
> posture; the name Pambaniyappan which also refers to
> Kamalanathan arises from the fact the river Pampa
> cicrles the town (Pampa nadi appan). There is also a
> shrine to Gopalakrishnan here.
> 
> 
> 11. Thiru anandha puram
> 
> MOOLAVAR         :  Anantha padmanabhan
> I have no words to describe this temple. It is the
> sriramgam of Kerala. Hosting one of the largest Sayana
> Perumals. There is also a narasimham and a Krishna
> sannidhi. The place, which the temple hosted is in the
> heart of the city of Thiruvanantha puram. The
> theertham is known as padma theertham.  Huge temple
> structure was said to be renovated, including the
> moolavar, by Marthanda Varma the great who is a late
> successr of Kulashekara perumal Azhavar. In 1750 he
> took over the charge of the kingdom as padmanabha
> Dasan. The official title of the kings of Travancore
> is Still Kulasekhara perumal. Among them the first
> being the azhwar, the second one being a Nayanar,
> third one a Muslim, since then the royal family stayed
> belonging to Sankaracharyas tradition. Martanda Varma
> of the Travancore Kingdom, in a spectacular ceremony
> in 1750 surrendered the kingdom to the presiding deity
> of the temple, and received it back as a fiefdom and
> ruled Travancore as a servant of Padmanabhan; all of
> his successors adopted this custom. Much of the
> present structure dates back to the period of Martanda
> Varma, who made several renovations and built the
> eastern gopuram, which got completed by 1798.
> The  flagstaff  is enclosed in a casing of gold. The
> Kulasekhara mandapam near the flagstaff has fine
> sculptures dating back to the 17th century. The long
> prakaram, with a terraced roof with 324 columns,
> mesaures 540 feet by 325 feet, and is about 24 feet
> wide. It has two rows of granite pillars, and every
> pillar bears an image of a Deepalakshmi. Also here are
> images of yalis (mythological animal), with non
> removable stone balls in their mouths. (thanks to
> templenet.com)
> There are two annual festivals here - one in the month
> of Pankuni (Pisces-Meenam) March 15-April14, and the
> other in Aippasi (Tulaa-Libra) (Oct-Nov). one of which
> has a theertha vary in the Samkhum mukham beach. Which
> is associated by the great royal procession. King of
> travencore, still Guards the procession, followed by
> the special Police squads, of Kerala police. The
> procession is a feat to eyes.
> HOW TO REACH: five minutes distance from
> Thiruvanathapuram Railway station. The place is known
> as Kizhakke Kotta (or East Fort).
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