Panannarkavu Devi Temple

India / Kerala / Kollam / Kuttivattam Thevalakkara Rd
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Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai fought relentlessly against untouchablity prevailed in the state following the words and deeds of Mahatma Gandhi. It was the revolutionary traits which spurred Sanku Pillai to organise a mixed meal and bathing with backward class brethren. Then he was barely 22 years old. And even before the "Temple Entry Proclamation of 1936" Sanku Pillai had opened the gates of Panayannarkavu Temple and Kannankulangara Temple near Panmana Asramam to all the people irrespective of their caste. " Backward caste members are also human beings. If God will flee from temple because of their entry into it let God flee " - he had said
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Coordinates:   9°1'49"N   76°32'59"E
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