Koodal Manikkyam Temple, Irinjalakkuda (Irinjalakuda)

India / Kerala / Irinjalakuda
The only temple in the World dedicated to Bharatha, who according to mythology was the brother of Lord Rama, the Koodalmanikyam temple hosts a colourful eleven day annual festival with a display of seventeen caparisoned elephants. This festival marks the end of the Hindu festival season in Kerala.(month of may)

The temple built in the traditional Kerala style of architecture, sprawls over a hectare of land. It is believed that the entire area was once a dense forest where learned sages, headed by Kuleepini Maharshi, lived and meditated. The temple walls are adorned by beautiful murals. There is also a Koothambalam, the theatre for traditional temple art forms, in the temple courtyard.

Getting there:

Nearest railway station: Irinjalakkuda, about 10 km.

Nearest airport: Cochin International Airport, 58 km from Thrissur.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   10°20'47"N   76°12'4"E

Comments

  • one of the most beautiful temple set up in kerala ,absolutely peaceful,famous for its utsavam for 10 days in summar -a devine experience when you visit this temple on a normal day when there will be only local persons visiting the place and you are left to your self in a serene ambience-a unique experience one must go through .
  • Koodalmaanikkam is the temple of lord bharatha.
  • Only one temple for bharatha in world ( Old age ) . No any upadavan( Sub temple ) in this temple even ganesha and thulsi
  • One experiences peace and quite at Koodalmanikyam Temple.
  • My great grandfather Achutha Pisharodi's birth place
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