About Parumala Panayannarkavu Mahadeva Temple Timings 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM:
About Parumala Panayannarkavu Mahadeva Temple:
Pariya Valiya Panayannarkavu Devi Temple is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Sri Badrakali. Lord Shiva is located on the banks of the Pampa River in Parumala District, Pathanamthitta, Kerala State, India. The Panaynararkavu Temple is one of the three most important temples of Bhadrakali in Kerala. Thirumandhamkunnu temple in Malabar, Kodungallur temple in Cochin and Panayannarkavu temple in Travancore are almost as important. References to this temple can be found in the Aithihyamala of Kottarathil Sankunni and Unnuneeli Sandesam, classics of Malayalam literature. According to folklore, the sage Parashurama installed the idol of Lord Shiva and the idol devi installed by the wise Durvasa and Narada in the Treta Yuga. The temple is one of 108 famous Shiva temples in Kerala.
The temple is located on Parumala Island of Pamba River in Pathanamthitta District. The temple includes a piece of land of about four acres, surrounded by tall Palmira trees and an immaculate green forest. The Pamba River flows on the west side of the temple. The temples of Shiva are of great importance when inspecting the architecture of the temple. The temple complex usually faces north.
The main deity of the temple is Lord Shiva; However, Saptha Matha (Seven Goddess) is the presiding authority of the Parumala Valiya Panayannarkavu Devi Temple. It is one of the temples of Kerala where the Saptha matha is revered as the power of the government in the daily pujas. Chamundi, the ferocious aggressiveness of seven deities, shows the strongest place as Kali in the temple. According to Hindu mythology, the goddess Chamundi destroys the asura Raktabija and refers to Devi-Mahatma. Brahma gave a blessing when every drop of his blood fell on the earth of his body will produce a new asura like him. The goddess killed him and stabbed him with a spear and drinking blood.
Parumala Panayannarkavu Mahadeva Temple ADISSAR Family:
The Adissar Family of Padinjattedathu are the present custodians and owners of the Panayannarkavu temple complex. They are the descendants of a family of State Officers of the Royal clan of Srayikkur in Northern Malabar who had migrated to Omallor some three hundred years back, to escape harassment by the Zamorin of Calicut and Muslim invaders from North. One of their ancestors, who was adept in Medicine, named Kanadan Adissar had treated Ramayyan Dalawa, the Commander of the Travancore Army for the virulous attack of Small Pox and was rewarded with State Honours and gifts of Land. The first of 49 such lands was the Panayannar Kavu precincts. This property is now fenced in and protected. It is traditionally believed that the Place was an ancestral property abandoned by a Brahmin family, who were the last remnants of 108 original families of Brahmins brought to Kerala by the legendary Parasuram. Those early inhabitants are believed to have perished fighting each other in the name of sectarian conflicts among Saivas and Vaishnavas.
The Adissar family members who tried to clear the jungles stumbled upon the ruins of the ancient Devi Temple and evidence of Snake worship at this place. They then renovated the place and built new Devi temple detailed Chronicle of the origin and development of the Devi Temple complex has been written by Sri Appukuttan Adissar and has been published by the Devaswom Temple and the accessory Snake Worship facilities here.
Efforts are being made to preserve/restore the Paintings and the addition of traditional Architectural features to the Complex.
Parumala Panayannarkavu Mahadeva Temple Murals:
Panayannarkavu is one of the few temples known for its murals. It has not been easy to determine the antiquity of these paintings. Based on themes of Devibhagawatam Ramayana and other epics, these paintings look old and exquisitely beautiful.
Parumala Panayannarkavu Mahadeva Temple Yekshiyamma:
Folklore links a famous Christian priest, Kadamattathu Kathanar, to one of the minor sanctuaries of this complex. It is said that the vampire was arrested by the priest and taken to the jungle here, where he is supposed to have been released from the curse of his previous life and restored to a divine state. It is this liberated soul who is venerated here as Yakshi Amma. She is thought to be a beautiful virgin goddess, obsessed with nymphomania and cursed to spend a vampire’s life for her sins. We can learn the lesson of caution in the face of excessive lust.
Parumala Panayannarkavu Mahadeva Temple Deities:
Devi Annapoorneswari
Kodumkali
Bhootakali
Ksetrapala
Ganapati
Dharmasastha
Yakshi Amma
Parumala Panayannarkavu Mahadeva Temple Rules:
1) The receipt of payment is required for all ‘Vazhipadu’ (offerings).
2) The temple premises and the ‘Kavu’ (Abode of snakes) should be kept neat and tidy.
3) The women are requested to neatly tie their hair before entering the temple.
4) Women are not allowed to enter the temple premises during and after the ‘Valiya Guruthi’
5) Please do not touch on the murals.
6) The devotees are not allowed to ring the bells placed in front of the sanctum sanctorum or elsewhere.
7) Camphor should be lighted only after placing on the special plate
8) The devotees are requested not to circumambulate (pradakshinam) the temple after ‘Deeparadhana’.
9) Visitors are requested to strictly follow the Temple rules and rituals
10) Men are requested to remove the shirt and vests before entering the temple.
11) Please turn off your mobile phones before entering the temple.
12) The ‘Prasadam’ should not be used inside the temple.
Vazhipadukal / Poojas Performed in the Temple:
Archana
Pushpanjali
Rektha Pushpanjali
Ganapathi Homam
Astadravya Ganapathi Homam
Pithru Pooja
Neeranjanam
Shangabhishekam
Vellamkudi for Kshetrapalakan
Paalpaysam
Kadumpayasam
Varapodi
Vella Nivedyam
Chardu/Taali/Takidu/Takkol Pooja
Vahana Pooja
Kozhi Vazhipadu
Pidipanam/Nool(Gold or Silver)
Kaivettaka Guruthi
Bhagavathi Seva
Bhasmabhishekam
Chorun
Adimakidathal
Vidyarambham
Thulabharam
Yekshi Pooja
Chandanam Charthu
Noorum Palum
Gandarva Pooja
Devi Pooja
Mrithunjaya Pooja
Akhoramanthra Pooja
Veerabhadra Pooja
Trivathil Darshanam
Shatru Samhara Pooja
Chanthattam
Annadhanam
Maha Chanthattam
Muzhukappu
Oruneram Pooja
Maruthum Moottil Guruthi
Ashtabhishekam
Udayastamana Pooja
Valiya Guruthi
Kettivithana Guruthi
Kumbha Kalasham
Maha Shivaratri and Navarathri are the Major festivals celebrated in a grand manner.
Please contact temple authority(+91 9446560765, +91 4792311263) for latest vazhpadu rates for online vazhipadu booking, send the amount to the following account
For Donations and Booking:
The Treasurer
Valiya Panayannarkavu Bhagavathi Devaswom, Parumala
A/c no: 57015574455
IFSC code: SBIN0070088
SBT,Mannar
Parumala Panayannarkavu Mahadeva Temple Address:
Parumala PO,
Thiruvalla,
Kerala 689626.,
Phone: +91 479 2311263, 9446 56 0765
e-mail: amma@panayannarkavu.org, advsubhashadisser@gmail.com
