KANNAMKULAM TEMPLE (Kodungallur)

India / Kerala / Irinjalakuda / Kodungallur
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ONE OF THE OLDEST SIVA TEMPLE
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Coordinates:   10°21'5"N   76°8'7"E

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  • hi, if this is KANNAMKULAM TEMPLE IN CHENDRAPINNI, THEN IT IS OUR ANCESTRAL TEMPLE , WHERE MY FATHER LATE SHRI,R. CHANDRASEKHARAN IYER , THE ONLY SON OF OUR GRAND FATHER LATE SHRI. RAMASUBRAMANIAN IYER PATTALI, WAS BORN AND THE SHIVA IN THE FORM OF SVAYAMBU, WAS OUR FAMILY DIETY, NOW, WE ARE RESIDENTS OF BANGALORE, KARNATAKA.. FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS. I WUD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION , AS I AM THE SON OF SHRI LATE R. CHANDRASEKHARAN IYER , AND MY NAME IS C. SUBRAMANIAN IYER, THE NAME IS OUR ANCESTRAL FAMILY NAME ( GREAT GRANDFATHER'S NAME ) AND MY ELDER BROTHER IS NAMED AS RAMASUBRAMANIAN IYE, AFTER OUR GRANDFATHER WE ARE THE RIGHTFUL HEIRS OFTHIS FAMOUS TEMPLE ALONG WITH OUR OTHER COUSINS, WHO ARE SETTLED IN MUMBAI AND TWO OF THEM ARE IN TRICHUR - PROPER TRICHUR AND GURUVAYOOR. WE WOULD BE GLAD TO GET MORE INFO ON OUR ANCESTRAL PROPERTY AND RIGHTS AS ALSO KEEN TO KNOW OUR FAMILY BACKGROUND. I WUD LIKE TO ADD THAT THE SHIVA TEMPLE AT KANNAMKULAM IS A SVAYAMBU - A SALIGRAMAM... IT IS VERY POWERFUL AND VERY DANGEROUS TOO. MY GRANDFATHER WAS PERFORMING THE POOJA AND AFTER HE DIED UNNATURALLY AT THE AGE OF 47, MY FATHER SHRI R CHANDRASEKHARAN IYER, WHO WAS 17 THEN, I AM TOLD, DID NOT CONTINUE WITH THE POOJA, AND HENCE THE FAMILY OF 5 SISTERS AND ONE SON, WERE SUBJECTED TO UNTOLD MISERY AND DIFFICULTY. WE, THE NEXT GENERATION COMPRISING OF 4 BROTHERS TO MY FATHER, AND OUR COUSINS WHO ARE AT BOMBAY , ARE ABOUT 7 AND TWO OF THEM AREIN KERALA. WE ARE TOTALLY ABOUT 14 HEIRS - BETWEEN OUR COUSINS. WE DO COME ONCE IN A WHILE TO THIS TEMPLE , WHERE THE EMBRANDRI TO THE TEMPLE IS KRISHNAN EMBRANDRI, WHOSE FATHER WAS APPOINTED TO CARE THE TEMPLE BY OUR GRANDFATHER AND TODAY HE AND HIS ONLY SON ARE PERFORMING THE PUJAS... ANY VALUABLE INFORMATION ON OUR FAMILY WUD BE HIGHLY HELPFUL AND WOULD ESTABLISH OUR ORIGINALITY. THIS TEMPLE IS VERY SACRED AND POWERFUL. INTERESTINGLY, MY FATHER , SHRI R. CHANDRASEKHARAN IYER, DIED IN THE YEAR 1999, AT THE AGE OF 93, AFTER VISITING THE DIETY - MULLAKAL BAGAVATHY AT ALAPHUZHA, WHICH WE DISCOVERED BY PRASNAM AND OTHER MEANS OF ASTROLOGY WAS NOW OUR DIETY , AS THE ' SALIGRAMAM HAS FOUND ITS WAY TO THIS TEMPLE ' AFTER THE PUJA WAS ABANDONED BY MY FATHER, WHO HAD TO FLEE FROM THIS VILLAGE DUE TO POWER STRUGGLE BY THE MAPPILAI CLAN. WE ARE INFORMED THAT THE MAPILLA CLAN HAVE TAKEN OVER OUR GRANDFATHER'S PROPERTY OVER THE YEARS .. ANY MORE INFORMATION ON THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL AND WE CAN SET RIGHT THE HISTORY IN PROPER FORM. OUR MADOM - KANNAMKULAM MADOM, IS SACRED TO US TOO AND WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE ORIGINALITY AND AUTHENCITY AND AUTHORITY. TKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE ... APPRECIATE IT BEST / C. SUBRAMANIAN IYER .... MY NAME IS MY GREAT GRAND FATHER'S NAME.
  • Is it really the ancestral temple of proper "kannam kulam tharavadu families????"
  • this temple is with Cochin Dewasam Board (nearly two decades),Festivals managed by local committee of devotees,Krishnan Embrathiri and his family no more related with temple last many many years,Temple developed in a very big way now, with lord's help,One more mistake Idol is not saligramam it is pure ordinary rock , touching both ends of sreekovil,Regarding Mappila clan ,In chentrappinni temple surrounded by hindus, here Hindus always was and is in upper hand.
  • More information, More than 100-120 years , One senior Namboothiripad from Azhakathu Mana(Situated near Periyar River and Chalakudy) is the Thanthri of this temple,They comes here only very important temple functions or yearly festival, Since It is their hereditary right, Dewasam Board can't change them.BUT Melsanthi or Cheif Priest (More than 15 years before Krishan Embrathiri and his son),(and his house still there,is situated near the north east side of temple and north of temple pond) is appointed by Cochin dewasam board, and Melsanthi or chief priest will change every 2-3 year. What you saw in this google earth photo is very old one, now temple has boundary wall, Outtu Pura, Kodi Maram, stage for programmes, Al thara( Baniyan tree),Devasam Board Office, simply the whole temple is renovated now.Now more pilgrimmes also coming for darshan.
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