Kidangamparambu Sree Bhuvaneswari Temple — Attraction in Zilla Court

KIDANGAMPARAMBU SREEBHUVANESWARY TEMPLE is one of the ancient and primordial shrines in Kerala. The presence of the mighty goddess Sree Bhuvaneeswari Devi makes the temple prominent radiant and lustrous. Thousands of devotees get relieved from their troubles and mess here. The temple has a majestic Rajagopuram or Vimanam which is not found anywhere in Kerala other than Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Thiruvanandapuram .Here Devi lends her hand to all devotees irrespective of their cast gender and nationality. She is also well-known as bhaktadaasi which means the maid of devotees.

Marthanda Varma the mighty king of Venadu assaulted Chempakassery and marched to invade Cochi. On this course the troop camped near a trench at the northern end of Chempakassery. There, was a wood with thorny hedges and the armed forces used this area as their lavatory.But eventually some members of the militia affected smallpox and the soothsayers supposed that the troops contaminated a holy temple buried underground.

The generous king was ready to give his price. He once again invited astrologers and they said that there was a temple underground and a powerful divinity’s place of abode was contaminated by the soldiers. When the king’s people dug the place thy could find the remnants of an ancient temple beneath.

As guided by the astrologers, the king ordered to build a new temple there and one called Thyvelikkakathu Arayan came forward to undertake the job.65.5 paras of paddy field and a lot of land was presented tax free to meet daily expenses. A marvelous temple was constructed and enquiries were made of the earlier possessors of the temple. The vellala pillas of the region alleged that a group of Namboothiries were there about seven centuries back and they worshipped a powerful deity whose temple was found beneath. Moreover information they got was ,in due course a group of Brahmins left the place and others merged in devi herself. Many years after the departure of the Brahmins, a toddy tapper who was a devote of devi found a wooden stool in the temple premises He cut off the hedges around it and began to light a metal lamp there. When he became aged began to travel to many lands like a saint. But he reached to light the lamp before devi at the first day of each Malayalam month.This saint like toddy tapper is known as Bhandasanyasi. Eventually Bhandasanyasi also merged with devi and once again the old temple became deserted.

After many years a devotee called Veluppillai reached there and began to worship Devi. This lasted till his death and after that once again the temple was left dumped

All these facts were derived from Vellalappillas. The king’s people enquired whether any title-holders of Bhandsanyasi or Veluppillai is alive. But they could find none. So the temple and the surrounding areas were given to a group of land lords of the vicinity. But these land lords misused and sold off the precious assets of the temple and at last the administration of the temple was vested with Tayyil Ayyaru Kochupanicker. In 1084 K.E the administration came to a local body and in 1100 K.E,Nellikka Parambil Mr. Venki became the president of the Kshethra Yoga or temple committee.

In due course advocate K M Krishnan took his charge as president and Shri Vacheyil Kochukutty turned to be the secretary and Shri Charan contractor became the treasurer. With their hard slog, they paid off the temples debts with the co operation of the general public and regained the properties of the temple which were entertained by others. They are responsible for the construction of the Guru Mandiram in the temple.

The admirable services of the following presidents Parambil Shri Velayudhan Muthalali and Shri Kelamangalam Shri V K Damodaran are memorable. Shri V K Damodaran regained the properties and rennovated the old temple. More over the granite sreekovil,Chuttambalam,Aana kottil ect were also constructed during his period.

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Most reputed temples in the town. Hosts the diety, a form of goddess parvathy. Well known for it's kalabham festival in April and chirapu festival in December. Single tower entrace gate depicts 9 or 11 layers of tiered windows and is sculpted to show scenes from epic stories of God's and folklores. The diety shrine structure is sculpted in Rock and idol is gold plated. Surrounding the shrine , there are Chambers for other dieties and the kitchen. This is surrounded by vast veranda on four sides and has sculptures and paintings of bhagavatham and ramayana.low maintenance reflects on the cocrete tower and verandas . However it is still an awe-inspiring temple to visit in this...

A blessed granddaughter. it's my grandfather who had built the temple with such ardent devotion to Amma-Sree Bhuvaneshwari. About the deity Amma-the Almighty a small prayer has never been unanswered by her. A special mention of the temple priest - Praveen who goes out of his way to explain the history of the temple to anyone who shows even the slightest interest.

Kalabha abhishekam is indeed a "bhakti full" moment. During December when the festival is on One must visit little temple in Alleppey which is right in the...