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The Kodungallur Kovilakam was renowned as a gurukulam (centre of learning). [5] Scholars from across present day Kerala used to live in the palaces and study Sanskrit and Vedic science . Eminent scholars [ 6 ] from this Kovilakam contributed to Malayalam and Sanskrit literature. [ 7 ]
Puthen Kovilakam (Malayalam: പുത്തന്കോവിലകം) is one section of the Kodungallur Kovilakam, a palace in Kodungallur, Kerala, Puthen Kovilakam means "new palace". This Kovilakam (manor house) was known by the name " Gurukulam ". [ 2 ]
The Kovilakam residences are usually large and beautiful manors or palaces with extensive wood work and mural paintings in the traditional medieval Kerala architecture style. A Kovilakam was usually endowed with estates and properties (crown lands), sufficient for the maintenance of its constituent members.
A scene from Kodungallur Bharani festival in Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple. Origin of the modern name 'Kodungallur' has multiple interpretations: From koṭuṁ-kall-ūr, meaning 'place of the grand stone' in Old Tamil, because of a huge stone that the Chera king Cheran Chenguttuvan brought from the Himalayas to establish a shrine dedicated to the legendary Tamil woman Kannagi.
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." [2] It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. [3] Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of books or individual stories in the ...
The major poets of the Venmani school were Venmani Achhan Nambudiripad (1817-1891), Venmani Mahan Nambudiripad (1844-1893), Poonthottam Achhan Nambudiri (1821-1865), Poonthottam Mahan Nambudiri (1857-1896) and the members of the Kodungallur Kovilakam (Royal Family) such as Kodungallur Kunjikkuttan Thampuran.
Back in the 1450s, when the Bible became the first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type, Johannes Gutenberg was a man with a plan. The German inventor decided to make the most of ...
The name Kodungallur is derived from Kodi-linga-ur ("the land of 10 million Siva lingas ur-village") according to common belief. Kodungallur was perhaps the revenue collection center of Kuda-kons (the Chera rulers) for the goods coming to the nearby port, hence the name Kudakonallur, which later shortened to Kodungallur.