TRIKKAPALESHWARAM TEMPLE

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Trikkapaleswaram Temple where deitie is Kapaleswara (Lord shiva as "Dakshinamoorthi" the god of Knowledge)according to archeologists the temple is more than 1500 years old and made of stone .The Shivlinga here is made of Pathalanja shila (a medicated stone from Himalayas. the temple is situated at Niranam a village near Thiruvalla. beautiful village has a rich tradition of literature, cultural exchange and religious harmony. According to historians and geologists, Niranam was a sea port hundreds of years ago. The great Niranam poets got the knowlege from Kapaleshwara and they had written many poems about the lord In 14th century Niranam gave birth to three poets who became well-known as the Niranam Poets. They were Madhava Panikkar, Sankara Panikkar and Rama Panikkar of the Kannassa family. The first two were uncles of Rama Panikkar. The lived between AD 1350 and 1450.

Before their period the poetry of Kerala was a mix of Malayalam and Sanskrit, known as manipravala. Niranam poets were instrumenta
1. Temple front view 2. Nandi the bull