Kalathil Sree Rudra Devi Temple

Kalathil Sree Rudra Devi Temple

Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Thrissur
Deity	Rudra Devi
Location
Location	Manathala
State	Kerala
Country	India
Architecture
Type	Kerala style

Kalathil Sree Rudra Devi Temple, known as Kalathil Sree Rudhiramala Bhagavathi Temple is located at east side of Manathala, near the bank of Conolly Canal in Chavakkad, Thrissur district, Kerala.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is unique in Kerala for featuring chithrakkoodakkallus to worship serpent deities.^[4]^[5]

Legend

The temple was founded by the Kalathil family as the ancestral home of Kerala's Ezhava community in Chavakkad. The temple worships a brahmin woman who lived in the Kannathur village in the ancient city of Kannur and married into the Kalathil family.^[2]^[6]

Deities

There are two sarpa kavus here; Melekkaavu, exists behind of the temple and Keezhekkaavu, exists inside of the temple.

In Literature

Apadee Deepam(ആപദീ ദീപം), a poem about Kalathil Sree Rudra Devi Temple, written by Sathish Kalathil. Publisher, Malayala Manorama.^[7]

References

^ "പ്രതിഷ്ഠാദിനാഘോഷം" (in Malayalam). mathrubhumi. 2023-05-04.
^ ^a ^b "മണത്തല കളത്തിൽ ശ്രീരുദ്രാ ദേവി ക്ഷേത്രത്തിലെ കളമെഴുത്ത്പാട്ടുത്സവം സമാപിച്ചു" (in Malayalam). cctv. 2023-04-30. Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
^ "കളത്തിൽ ഭഗവതി ക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ കലങ്കരി ഉത്സവം നടത്തി" (in Malayalam). Malayalam Express. 2024-01-14.
^ "മണത്തല കളത്തിൽ ദേവി ക്ഷേത്രത്തിലെ കളമെഴുത്തും പാട്ടും സമാപിച്ചു; പ്രതിഷ്ഠാദിനം മെയ് രണ്ടിന്" (in Malayalam). anweshanam. 2023-04-26.
^ "കളത്തിൽ ശ്രീരുധിരമാല ഭഗവതിക്ഷേത്ര പ്രതിഷ്ഠാദിനം മെയ് രണ്ടിന്" (in Malayalam). timeskerala. 2023-04-20. Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
^ "പ്രതിഷ്ഠാദിനം മെയ് രണ്ടിന്" (in Malayalam). marunadanmalayalee. 2023-04-23.
^ "ആപദീ ദീപം" (in Malayalam). Manorama. 2023-08-28.

External links

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