Kerala Temples

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  1. manjumnair

    manjumnair Silver IL'ite

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    Dear Presci,

    I don't know the exact timings, but i remember visiting the temple after 10 am also, when i was young... Temple is open in the evenings also...

    There is a website for the temple... Mannarasala Sree Nagaraja Temple official website
    You can get more details from that website..

    Haripad temple may close by 9.30-10.00 in the mornings and opens by 5.30 pm in the evenings..
     
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    presci Senior IL'ite

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    Dear Manju,
    Can you tell me from chennai whether i should take alleppy or trivandrum mail. I had booked tickets for next month in alleppy. But mom said it has be taken in tvm mail. Can you please tell me so that i can book the correct tickets.
    Sorry for the inconvenience.
    Rgds,
    Presci
     
  3. manjumnair

    manjumnair Silver IL'ite

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    Hi Presci,

    Where is ur place in Kerala? If you take tickets in TVM Mail, u can get down at Mavelikkara and go to Mannarasala from there... You have buses from Mavelikkara private bus stand to Haripad and even Mannarasala...

    If you go by Alleppey Express, you have to get down at Alappuzha, and from there you have to go by bus or taxi to Haripad and then to Mannarasala...

    If you have a house at Kerala, you decide which place is nearer to you...and book tickets accordingly...
     
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    HI Manju,
    Thank u so much for the info. I am staying permanently at chennai. I am planning to go on 19th next month. I will book tickets to mavelikkara.
    Tnks once again.
    Luv,
    Presci
     
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    Hello,
    I came across this thread today and i am curious to know more about this temple.Could you please tell the exact location of this temple,as i would love to visit the place during my vacations this year.
    Thanx,
    sumitha
     
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    Hi

    I am a devotee of Meenkulathi amma famously known in palghat, Kerala, India. It is otherwise known as Pallasana or Pazhaya Kavilamman Temple,

    I have been looking forward for a big and clearer photo of devi in the internet to save the amma's image as my screen saver.

    Will you try to get a picture of amma and post it in the site. All should visit this temple atleast once to get that great peaceful feeling.

    -regards
    sunitha
     
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    Famous Five Bhagavthi Temples In Palakkad District

    Famous Five Bhagavathi Temples in Palakkad District.

    There are many Bhagavathi Temples in Kerala. The
    Following five temples in Palakkad District have a
    common story with a common Goddess :
    1. Omkarabhagavathi, Palakkad.
    2. Kaipaththi at Kallekulangara, Palakkad.
    3. Madapallikkavu, Palakkad
    4. Pallavur Bhagavathi
    5. Perungottukavu at Elavancherry, Nemmara
    1. The story goes like this. Once a king (Some say the king
    was Samoothiri Raja who was ruling Malabar in olden days)
    wanted to have darshan of his favourite Goddess and did
    non-stop worship – Thapas. After worshipping for many
    years, the Bhagavathi, pleased with his devotion, decided
    to fulfill his wishes and asked the king to follow her by the
    sound of her anklets. He follows her for quite a long time
    and hears the sound of “OMâ€. With immense pleasure the
    king shouts that he could hear the Goddess. Immediately
    the Bhagavathi stops there. At this place the king builds
    a temple and the prathishta is done. This temple was
    known as OmkaraBhagavathiTemple.

    2.Later the king follows the Goddess again and after
    sometime he sees the Goddess jumps into a water pond.
    The king shouts in joy – kandaen kayyine – (saw her hands).
    The king builds a temple by filling a part of the water pond
    where the prathishta is Goddess’s TWO HANDS. This temple
    is called Kaippaththi, at Kallekulangara in Palakkad.

    3. The king follows the anklets’ sound goes after her. At
    Madapallikavu he gets the darshan of Devi’s BUST. The
    Prathishta is Devi’s face and chest. This place is also in
    Palakkad town.

    4. The fourth darshan is at a village near Pallavur where
    the king gets the darshan of Bhagavathi’s LEGS.

    5.The king was wishing to have Bhagavathi’s full darshan
    and follows her anklet’s sound till he was blessed by Goddess
    by giving full darshan as RAJARAJESWARI at Peringottukavu.
    This is at Elavancheri between Kollengode and Nemmara
    in Palakkad district.

    In all these temples the Goddess is same and these temples
    are family temples –Kuladaivam- for many Brahmins and others.


    6. Meenkulathi kavu Bhagavathi :
    A version says Meenkulathi Bhagavathi is Madurai Meenakshi.
    This story is :
    There was a mannadiar in Pallassana who used to go to
    Madurai by walking to have darshan of Madura Meenakshi
    every year. When he was too old to walk such a long distance,
    he prays to Goddess his inability to have the pilgrimage due
    to old age and bids farewell with heavy heart. During the walk
    back from Madurai he felt that the his olakkuda – umbrella
    made of Palm leaves - was unusually heavy. After reaching
    Pallassana he puts down his olakkuda at the bank of a pond-
    (Kodimunni kulam - about a kilometer from the present temple),

    to have a wash. When he came back and lifted the olakkuda, he
    was unable to lift. The Goddess had come with him to his village
    to give darshan for ever.
    One version says that the Goddess at PallassanaMeenkulat hi

    kavu is the younger sister of PeringottukavuBhaga vathi.
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    hi Manju:hiya

    Me planning to visit Mannarsala temple....have gone through the link provided by you regarding the temple..However timings are not mentioned..Can you advise me the timings in the mornings and afternoons and also if any special days and timings for the Urali Kamathal procedure...

    Rgds

    Roopa:confused2:
     
  9. manjumnair

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    Hi Roopa,

    I am not very sure of the exact timings at the temple.. we go rarely to the temple as we stay in Chennai... but to my knowledge the temple will be open atleast till 10.30 am... And about Uruli kamizhthal, i don't know of any special days for that...

    Please contact the temple devaswom for accurate details before going to the temple...
     
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    Hey Manju,

    Thanks...i have taken the tel no of the temple from their website..hope to get further details from them directly..

    Bye..Roopa:thumbsup
     

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