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Karippal Nagam is a temple dedicated to the serpent god. It is located at karippal near perumpadavu in the Kannur district. The Ayilyam festival is most important for this temple. The festival falls on Ayilyam star of the Dhanu month in the Malayalam Calendar. Devotees visit in large numbers, during the festive seasons. [2] [3]
The sacred pond is a spring and a tributary of the Vavali river and is an appealing environment - a reminder of ancient vedic times. Kottiyoor itself is a serene hilly area. It is believed that Bhutaganas brings the materials needed for the rituals from the Tirunelli MahaVishnu Temple (10 km south of Kottiyoor Temple) through the Brahmagiri valley.
The present-day Kannur Diocese consists of 95% churches and parishes formed by the Jesuits under the leadership of Rev.F Peter Kaironi SJ by baptizing the Hindu Dalith Community. The last resting place of the pious missionary Rev.F Peter Kaironi SJ is situated in nearby cemetery, and it is a pilgrim place for the Dalit Christians in Kannur Diocese.
Sundial indicating prayer times, situated in the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, Tunisia. Author: Keith Roper. Salat times are prayer times when Muslims perform salat. The term is primarily used for the five daily prayers including the Friday prayer, which takes the place of the Dhuhr prayer and must be performed in a group of aibadat.
This name later evolved into Kottiyoor in the local dialect. Vadakkeshwaram Temple is the common name of the temple from ancient times, but some of the local people address the temple as Ikkare Kottiyoor as it is on the bank of the river close to the Kottiyoor village, to differentiate it from the shrine in the other side of the river ...
Tradition requires that the Annual Festival ('Ulsavam') of the Muthappan Temple at Parassinikkadavu is to be started by a procession led by a female member of the "Thayyil" clan of Thayyil, Kannur from the family home with Kalaripayattu and Chenda to the main altar of the temple, where she offers a 'Pooja' (prayer) to the God. There is a room ...
From the time of the early Church, the practice of seven fixed prayer times has been taught, which traces itself to the Prophet David in Psalm 119:164. [12] In Apostolic Tradition, Hippolytus instructed Christians to pray seven times a day, "on rising, at the lighting of the evening lamp, at bedtime, at midnight" and "the third, sixth and ninth hours of the day, being hours associated with ...
Consequently, we have today about 35,501 Catholics spread over 51 parishes and 21 mission stations, in the two revenue districts of Kannur and Kasaragod. Diocese of Kannur :- The diocese of Calicut was spread out to an area of 13051 km 2. in six revenue districts. In the context of such an extensive area there was the need of a new diocese for ...