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There is a small Mukkalvetti Ayyappa temple at Cheerappanchira, near Kollam which hold 3/4 power of Ayyappa and rest in Sabarimala. [ 23 ] [ 19 ] Valiya kadutha swami and kochu kadutha Swamy who were warrior brothers worshipped at Shabarimala are considered as ‘Shaundikans’, who hails from the Malabar Thiyyar community.
Districtwise Hindu temples in Kerala include: [1] [2] [3 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Malamakkavu Ayyappa Temple is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to lord Ayyappan, located in Anakkara Panchayath in Palakkad district of Kerala. A special flower called "Chengazhinir Poovu" which is traditionally used as offering to deity is found and grown only in the temple pond.
Aryankavu temple (1890) The temple dedicated to Shasta at Aryankavu is situated near the border of Tamil Nadu. The temple is one of the important Shasta temples in Kerala. Ayyappan is depicted here as a teenager (young boy). The deity is known as Thiru Aryan and therefore the place got the name Aryankavu. [17]
The presiding deity is known as Manikandan. As per the Kerala style, shrines of Ganesha, Bhagavati, Siva, Guruvayurappan and Muruga are found. The shrine of Navagraha is also found here. [1] The devotees are extremely proud of the status of the temple as the Second Sabarimala.
The temple is built as an exact replica of the original Ayyappan Temple at Sabarimala in Kerala. The temple was constructed in three floors presumably to lend the feeling of being atop a hill similar to the Sabarimala hill. [3] The architecture follows the Kerala style and tradition with 18 steps to the main shrine and the sanctum sanctorum.
Kallapadi Shiva Temple (the temple with two deities Shiva and Vishnu with equal importance) [4] Kootala bhagavathy Temple: Pattu at Koottala Bagavathi Temple is famous. April May is a festival season here.,Kovilkattu Panikkers, Madathil Pottayil and Madathil Padinjakkara were the famous families here before independence.
In May 1984, the typical Kerala-style temple was completed, conforming to the traditional shastraic stipulations. The kumbabishekam and consecration of the idol were performed on 13 May 1984 by temple Thantri Abli Krishna Vadhyan Namboodiri and K. M. Kesva Battatripad, former chief priest of the Sabarimala Temple. [2]