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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 ]
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.
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.
Sringapuram Mahadeva Temple, Kodungallur, Thrissur, Kerala Geographic coordinates 10°13′05″N 76°12′04″E / 10.218029°N 76.201014°E / 10.218029; 76.
They came to Kerala fearing the assault of the Nayaks of Madurai. In Kerala they were given land and status by Kaipuzha Thampan (Kunjunni Varma Thampan) of Nilambur Kovilakam a landlord who lived in Amanthur Palace at Kaipuzha from Kottayam Kerala. Today Pandalam is part of Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India.
The district has a unique and eventful history starting from pre-historic times. During the early medieval period, the district was the home to two of the four major kingdoms that ruled Kerala. Perumpadappu was the original hometown of the Kingdom of Cochin , which is also known as Perumbadappu Swaroopam , and Nediyiruppu was the original ...
Unlike the Zamorins of Calicut, whose history has been thoroughly documented and recorded, the history of Nilambur Kovilakam remains unclear. It is known that the kingdom came into existence during the mid-13th century AD when the Samoothiri Raja, at the time the most powerful ruler in Kerala, appointed an Eradi prince from his own family to rule over his wealth and estates in nearby Nilambur ...