Ettumanoor Shiva temple is one of the three famous temples in Kottayam dt .
The others are Vaikom and Kaduthuruthy
The others are Vaikom and Kaduthuruthy
Demon Kara was given three lingas by lord Shiva after his penance
He carried one each on his right and left hand and third in his mouth
They fell in 3 near bye places and today they are Ettumanur ,vaikom and kaduthuruthy .
Once a metal worker came to sell a huge lamp but was ridiculed by the dewasom official
The worker felt sad and appealed to the Lord
Immediately the lamp got stuck and the authorities bought the lamp .
This lamp is seen in front filled to brim with oil and the excess pouring into a vessel below .its wick burns eternally .
Thulabharam or weighing oneself with bananas or sugar or jaggery or anything and offering it to the lord is done in the front .
The temple is constructed in traditional kerala form and is a symbol of the skills of the vishwakarma stapabhatis .
The present form came into being in 1542
Its said pandavas and sage Vyasa used to pray here and Adhi sankaracharya wrote his Soundarya lahiri from here .
The festival of those great temple falls in February March and on the 8th or 9th day a big event happens
Its the exhibition of the ezhara Ponaanaa ie seven and half golden elephants in Malayalam .
These are 2 feet wooden figuerttes covered by gold leaf of elephants one amongst them only 1 foot .
This was offered to the temple by Anizham thirunal Marthanda Varma the Maharaja of Travancore though some say though so willed the transfer took place only in the time of his successor karthika thirunal .
The reason given was to condone for unpleasantness happened during annexation of Thekkumcore with Travancore ,another version says it was a thanksgiving to have stopped the advance of the fanatic bigot Tipu Sultan southwards .
He carried one each on his right and left hand and third in his mouth
They fell in 3 near bye places and today they are Ettumanur ,vaikom and kaduthuruthy .
Once a metal worker came to sell a huge lamp but was ridiculed by the dewasom official
The worker felt sad and appealed to the Lord
Immediately the lamp got stuck and the authorities bought the lamp .
This lamp is seen in front filled to brim with oil and the excess pouring into a vessel below .its wick burns eternally .
Thulabharam or weighing oneself with bananas or sugar or jaggery or anything and offering it to the lord is done in the front .
The temple is constructed in traditional kerala form and is a symbol of the skills of the vishwakarma stapabhatis .
The present form came into being in 1542
Its said pandavas and sage Vyasa used to pray here and Adhi sankaracharya wrote his Soundarya lahiri from here .
The festival of those great temple falls in February March and on the 8th or 9th day a big event happens
Its the exhibition of the ezhara Ponaanaa ie seven and half golden elephants in Malayalam .
These are 2 feet wooden figuerttes covered by gold leaf of elephants one amongst them only 1 foot .
This was offered to the temple by Anizham thirunal Marthanda Varma the Maharaja of Travancore though some say though so willed the transfer took place only in the time of his successor karthika thirunal .
The reason given was to condone for unpleasantness happened during annexation of Thekkumcore with Travancore ,another version says it was a thanksgiving to have stopped the advance of the fanatic bigot Tipu Sultan southwards .
The festival is in kumbha maasam february march and on 8th day of ten day festival
Though I had visited this temple several times I was happy to do it again
Though I had visited this temple several times I was happy to do it again
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