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It owned around 800 acres of land in Kerala, much of which was lost due to land reforms act in Kerala in the mid-1960s, and some due to encroachment. A lot of temples in Kerala could not afford to conduct day-to-day poojas after land reforms since they lost most of their assets, but Uma Maheswara temple continued daily poojas even then, albeit ...
The kingdoms of Calicut and Cochin had been the two major kingdoms in Kerala during this time, however their predominance decreased in the next century with the increasing Portuguese control and later, the Dutch control. [7] The Dutch succeeded in expelling the Portuguese and brought about the fall of the kingdom of Cochin in 1663 CE. [8]
Chenkal is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. [2] [3] Until the land-reforms ordinance enacted by the Communist regime in the 1950s, the village formed part of the estate of the jenmi (Yejamanan) of Kandamath.
The temple is dedicated to "Peringazhakkavilamma"This Temple is more than hundreds of years old.The main deity of the temple is Bhadra Kali and with other gods like Ganpathi, Ayyappa, Krishna, Maha Vishnu.The main feastival in this temple is Meenabharani Ulsav.In that Ulsav days there is a special programme which named Garudan Thookkam.
The temple and region are related to the history of ancient Buddhism in Kerala. Mattom Sree Mahadeva Temple also known as shiva nada is 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of Mavelikkara town north of State Highway 6. It is spread across an area of 7.5 acres (3.0 ha). Sreekovil of Kandiyoor Temple The temple compound (Mathilakam) of Kandiyur Maha Siva ...
[better source needed] [1] This Shiva temple was later converted into a Christian church with the arrival of St. Thomas in Malabar, Kerala. [2] [3] Palayoor Mahadeva (Siva) Temple does not exist today. [better source needed] [4] The temple is believed to be constructed by the first Chera king of Kodungallur.
He has extensively researched on murals and sculptures of more than 300 temples in South India and is considered a subject expert in snake worship and temple history of Kerala. [2] He was part of the executive committee for the Kerala Sahithya Akademi, Kerala Kala Mandalam and the Numismatic Society of India. Under deputation, he also held the ...
Mushika-vamsha (IAST: Mūṣika-vaṃśa mahā-kāvyam) is a Sanskrit dynastic chronicle composed in 11th century by poet Atula. [1] [2] It narrates the legendary history of the Mushika dynasty, which ruled the northern part of the present-day Kerala state of India.