Vazhappally
Vazhappally
വാഴപ്പള്ളി | |
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Village | |
Tropical monsoon (Köppen ) | |
| Avg. summer temperature | 35 °C (95 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 20 °C (68 °F) |
Vazhappally is a suburb of
Changanasserry Municipality, Kottayam District, in central Kerala.[1] The famous Vazhappally Shiva Temple
is situated in Vazhappally. Vazhappally is a part of Changanacherry Taluk in Kottayam District. It is located in the city of Changanacherry and Vazhappally Panchayath. The ancient Vazhappally gramam (village) was shifted to the Changanassery Municipality, so small portions of the village were reunited in the Municipal Town of Changanassery, while the rest were reconstructed in the Vazhappally Gram Panchayat.
The origin of the name
Vazhappally is "Vazhkai Pally" (
Malayalam: വാഴ്കൈ പള്ളി) means let the temple win. There are various theories as to the origin of the word 'Pally'. Pally is a word in the Pali language.[2] [3] [4]
History
The temple was very popular in the second
Tripunithura
Road) through the eastern boundary of Vazhappally. During the rule of the Chera kings, the rulers of the state were in the Vazhappally Mahadeva temple.
Many of the commands issued are examples of this (eg:- Vazhappally copper plates
. Ancient Vazhappally was also an area where caste system, feudalism and untouchability were strong.
Vazhappally Inscription
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Vazhappally copper plate, dated to around 830 AD, is the earliest available inscription in
Vattezhuthu and Grantha scripts.[7] Rajasekhara is usually identified by scholars with Cheraman Perumal Nayanar, the venerated Shaiva (Nayanar) poet-musician.[6][5]
The inscription of Vazhappally who contributed immensely to the historical writing tradition of Kerala was written by AD 830. According to historians, Raja Rajasekhara Deva ruled from 820 to 844 AD.
References
- ^ Title District Census Handbook: Series 9: Kerala: Kottayam Volume 4, Parts 1-2 of District Census Handbook: Series 9: Kerala, India. Director of Census Operations, Kerala Authors India. Director of Census Operations, Kerala, Krishnaswamy Narayanan Published 1973 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized 8 Aug 2007
- ^ "വാടാനപ്പള്ളി ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത് (Vatanapally Grama Panchayat) » ചരിത്രം". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ കേരള ചരിത്രത്തിന്റെ അടിസ്ഥാന രേഖകൾ -- പുതുശ്ശേരി രാമചന്ദ്രൻ -- കേരള ഭാഷാ ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റൂട്ട്, തിരുവനന്തപുരം
- ^ SN Sadasivan - A Social History of India പുറം 94 [1]
- ^ a b Noburu Karashmia (ed.), A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014. 143.
- ^ a b Veluthat, Kesavan. “The Temple and the State in Medieval South India.” Studies in People’s History, vol. 4, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 15–23.
- ^ Narayanan, M. G. S. Perumāḷs of Kerala. Thrissur (Kerala): CosmoBooks, 2013. 64-66, 88-95, 107.
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