A temple built for the use of Pandavas during their stay in here
My earlier blog post was about Arthanaeeswar temple in the small village called Arakkuparamba.
There is a anther templei n the next village called mattarakal. The Shiva Vishnu temple is situated amongst groves of banana araicanuts, coconuts etc.
The villagers say that the Shiva lingam was built for the pandavas to offer their prayers. This makes the temple also to be an ancient one dating back to Mahabharata times. Of course the current temple premises is built only in the last century.
I presume that the Vishnu was the later time addition for the benefit of the namboodhiris living here. In this temple Vishnu is in the form of Vanana, who was supposed to be born in Kerala to conquer Mahaballi. The beauty of this Diety in the form of a small child is seen to be enjoyed. Such a graceful and charm that it makes you rooted to the sannidhanam.
The Siva lingam is of medium height and is on the west side of the Vamana sannidhanam.
There is a sannidhanam for Narashimhar outside on the north west side of the outer parikrama. Though you expect Narasimhanr to be in the ughara form, in this temple you can find the deity full of charm and sporting a beautiful smile. Here also you want to keep looking at the lord without having the mind to go away.
In front of this sannadhi is a mid size pond which is used by the villagers for their bathing and washing clothes etc. It is filled with lots of fishes that you can find kingfishers perching on the shrubs trees surrounding the pond.
The whole temple is well maintained and throughout the outer parikrama they have laid tiles to enable the devotees to do parikrama comfortably. There is a small pond/well on the north west corner of the temple which is used for temple purposes.
When you visit these kind of quaint temples in remote villages that is when you can see and feel peace and joy permeating through yourself. It is indeed a different kind of soulful experience.
How to reach :
The closest town is Karikalthanni, situated in perthalmanna taluk in Mallapuram district kerala. This town is situated on the palakkad- Kozhikode highway. You can reach this town from these places by bus or private taxi. The nearest airport is kozhikode which is 52 kms away from this town. The nearest railway station is thirur.
From karikalthanni you can take an auto to reach this temple. The timings ar morning 5.30am to 900am and evening g 6.00pm to 6.30pm.
There is a anther templei n the next village called mattarakal. The Shiva Vishnu temple is situated amongst groves of banana araicanuts, coconuts etc.
The villagers say that the Shiva lingam was built for the pandavas to offer their prayers. This makes the temple also to be an ancient one dating back to Mahabharata times. Of course the current temple premises is built only in the last century.
I presume that the Vishnu was the later time addition for the benefit of the namboodhiris living here. In this temple Vishnu is in the form of Vanana, who was supposed to be born in Kerala to conquer Mahaballi. The beauty of this Diety in the form of a small child is seen to be enjoyed. Such a graceful and charm that it makes you rooted to the sannidhanam.
The Siva lingam is of medium height and is on the west side of the Vamana sannidhanam.
There is a sannidhanam for Narashimhar outside on the north west side of the outer parikrama. Though you expect Narasimhanr to be in the ughara form, in this temple you can find the deity full of charm and sporting a beautiful smile. Here also you want to keep looking at the lord without having the mind to go away.
In front of this sannadhi is a mid size pond which is used by the villagers for their bathing and washing clothes etc. It is filled with lots of fishes that you can find kingfishers perching on the shrubs trees surrounding the pond.
The whole temple is well maintained and throughout the outer parikrama they have laid tiles to enable the devotees to do parikrama comfortably. There is a small pond/well on the north west corner of the temple which is used for temple purposes.
When you visit these kind of quaint temples in remote villages that is when you can see and feel peace and joy permeating through yourself. It is indeed a different kind of soulful experience.
How to reach :
The closest town is Karikalthanni, situated in perthalmanna taluk in Mallapuram district kerala. This town is situated on the palakkad- Kozhikode highway. You can reach this town from these places by bus or private taxi. The nearest airport is kozhikode which is 52 kms away from this town. The nearest railway station is thirur.
From karikalthanni you can take an auto to reach this temple. The timings ar morning 5.30am to 900am and evening g 6.00pm to 6.30pm.
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