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Sree Kurumba Bhagavati Temple (alternatively Kodungallur Devi Temple) is a Hindu temple at Kodungallur, Thrissur District, Kerala state, India. It is dedicated to the goddess Bhadrakali, a form of Mahakali or simply Durga or Aadi Parashakthi or Bhuvaneshwari or Kannagi worshipped and significantly revered in Kerala. The goddess is known also by ...
Thiruvanchikulam Siva Temple (medieval Thiruvanchaikkalam Temple [1]) is a Hindu temple situated in Kodungallur in Thrissur district of Kerala state, India. Constructed in the Kerala style of architecture, the temple is believed to have been built during the Chera period . Shiva is worshipped as Mahadeva and his consort Parvathi as Umadevi.
A scene from Kodungallur Bharani festival in Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple. Origin of the modern name 'Kodungallur' has multiple interpretations: From koṭuṁ-kall-ūr, meaning 'place of the grand stone' in Old Tamil, because of a huge stone that the Chera king Cheran Chenguttuvan brought from the Himalayas to establish a shrine dedicated to the legendary Tamil woman Kannagi.
The earliest known inscription from the temple is dated to c. 1015 AD. [9] An inscription in Trikkulasekharapuram Temple in Kodungallur (dated in temple era 195) has been dated palaeographically to the 11th or 12th century AD. [4] A 13th century Tamil inscription from Bagan in Mandalay is prefaced by a sloka from Mukundamala.
The deity at the Kodungallur Bhagavathy temple for whom the bharani festival is offered. Kodungallur Bharani festival is a yearly festival dedicated to the goddess Bhadrakali of Kodungallur Kurumba Bhagavathy temple held between the Bharani days of months Kumbham and Meenam of the Malayalam calendar.
Keezhtali Mahadeva Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva situated in Kodungalloor of Thrissur District in Kerala state in India; it was one of the important temples in Chera Kingdom, being one of a complex of 108. According to folklore, sage Parashurama himself installed the idol of Shiva.
Vasoorimala is believed to be the deity of communicable diseases like smallpox, chickenpox, measles etc. [4] [5] Vasoorimala is worshipped as a sub deity in temples in Kerala including Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple, Valiyakulangara Devi Temple, Mahadevikad, [6] Sri Porkili Kavu, [7] and Vasoorimala Devi Temple, Mavelikara.
Kodungallur was a feudal principality subordinate to the rulers of the Kingdom of Cochin from the later half of the eighteenth century until Indian independence. The Kingdom of Kodungallur was under the protection of the Dutch government after 1707 for a few years before returning to its allegiance to the Zamorin .