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Kumaranalloor Bhagavathy Temple, Kottayam
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Kumaranalloor is a big town in Kottayam municipality, Kottayam taluk, Kerala, India. Kottayam city is just 5 km south of Kumaranalloor. Kumaranalloor is an ancient cultural center. The Town is famous for Kumaranalloor Devi(Goddess) Temple and the annual Trikarthika festival of the temple. This place was known as ‘Thingalkkadu', before the temple came into existence. Later the name ‘thingalkkadu' changed and came to be known as ‘Indu kananam'. In some ancient scripts, the temple is described and known as mahishari kovil (temple). Kumaranalloor Devi temple is considered as one of the most important Devi temples among the 108 Durgalayas (Devi temples) in Kerala. The temple is said to be more than 2400 years old, as per historical and mythological evidences as well as other sources of information. The architecture of the temple is notable for the unique structure of the nalambalam and sreekovil both of which have been built in the sreechakra style (ring like object with a handle, which is placed in the right hand of the Devi). This kind of architecture is rarely found in temple architecture. The carnatic krithi 'Sri Kumara Nagaralaye' is a popular kshethrakrithi (composition about the deity of a particular temple) of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal set in Atana Raga and Adi thalam, and many legends including Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, M S Subbulakshmi etc popularized it.
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Kumaranalloor Bhagavathy Temple, Kottayam
Kumaranalloor, Kottayam, Kerala 686016
