Monday, January 6, 2020

Kodungallur Bhagavathi temple- Kodungallur, Kerala

Kodungallur Bhagavathi temple  is a very famous temple in Kerala and is situated on the Kochi- Guruvayur route in Kodungallur . A 2 hours ride from Kochi via Paravoor would take one  to this temple. 

The Goddess here is endearingly known as Kodungallur Amma. She is in a fierce form here and  this is a Shakthipeetam.

 Kannagi , the heroine of  Silpadikkaram, after burning down Madurai city in her anger when her innocent  husband was killed by the king  proceeded to Kodungallur and merged with the Goddess here.

 Other than the Goddess there is a shrine for  Shiva in the inner prakaram itself. There are shrines for Ganapathy , and Kurumba Bahgavathy. Turmeric is the main offering for this Goddess. There is also a Tavittu Bhagavathy. Thavittu meaning husk and devotees offer husk to the small deity here.

The temple is very big , attractive with its  sprawling  grounds fully   dotted with banyan and peepul trees . Architecture is also very simple , and has some beautiful paintings of various Goddesses and of furious Kaanagi  expressing her anger to the king.

The Meena Bharani festival is very famous here which is a colourful and a highly spiritual exercise . It draws huge crowd from far and near.













                                                            Thavittu Bhagavathy

2 comments:

KParthasarathi said...

I have travelled twice between Kochi and Guruvayur decades back.I did not know then that Kodungallur was on the way.Very nice post with good photos

chitra said...

Thank you Kp