Kodimootil Sree Bhadrakali Temple
Location : Kodimootil
About The Temple :
This temple is situated in Kollam District in the Grama Panchayat of Kalluvadukkal. The Kodimootil Bhadrakali temple is in Paripalli which is the boundary between Quilon and Trivandrum District. It is 23 lans away from Quilon N.H and from Trivandrum N.H it is 50 lans. From Nilamel M.C. road it is 20 lan. It is 10 lans from the coastal area of Paravoor and 12lans from the tourist centre of Varkala. It lies 0.5 lan north-east of Paripalli. The temple faces the north. The temple is managed by a denominational private religious and charitable trust consisting of the family members of Kodimootil. The President and the Vice President are the eldest male members of the family. The right for the poojas and administra
tion is vested on the elder male member of the family. .
This temple is almost a century old and there is a legend that it is related to the Mandakkadu Devi temple. The eldest male member of the Kodimootil family was an ardent devoteee of Mandakadu Devi. He used to light a lamp for the Devi in his house premises and this duty was entrusted to his grand daughter. One day the girl saw an ant hill in this place and she removed it. The very next day she saw a bigger ant hill in the same place. The repeated wiping and formation of the ant hill caused anxiety in her. Then she informed her grand father about it. Asa result a ‘Devaprashnam’ was conducted and came to know the presence of the Devi. So they started worshipping Her. The Annual Festival of Kodimootil Bhagavathy coincides with the Annual Festival of the Mandakadu Bhagawathy Temple. The last tuesday of the month of ‘Kumba’ is the Mandakadu ‘Kuda’. The Annual Festival of Kodimootil is conducted in such a way that it ends by the last Monday of the month of ‘Kumba’. The ‘Karnavar’ of Kodimootil with ‘Irumudi Kettu’ goes to Mandekadu KudaFestival after the Festival of Kodimootil Devi. This practice method is followed by Karanavar after Karanavar and still continuing even to-day.
Festival- The first day of the festival of Kodimootil Temple starts with the ‘Pongala’. Thousands of woman participate in this ritual. Paduka – This particular offering is very rare and not seen in any other part of Kerala. Collecting ingredients required for conducting pooja for one time in baskets, the devotees along with relatives, neighbours and ‘Vadyaghosham’ to reach the temple. This is known as ‘paduka’. This gives importance to Community worship and provides a sense of unity among the people. The ‘Vazhipadu’ of a particular area is offered by groups of people belonging to that place on festival day. Shaina Pradikshina – On the 10th day of the festival, this particular offering.is conducted in the early hours of the morning starting at 4 a.m. onwards. People perfonning this ritual have to follow strict ‘Vratams’. People living 10 different regions and SkIns in and around the temple, reach the temple perfonning Shaina Pradikshnina along with accompiniment of musical instruments and traditional artifacts. Many outsiders also participate in this Vratam. Gaja Mela – In southern Kerala this temple is famous for Gaja Mela. Even foreign tourists come here to watch this Gaja Mela. So the name of Paripalli is included in theXerala Tourism map. Community marriages of fmancially backward people is conducted during the festival. Clothes, ornaments and financial aid is provided to them by the temple trust. Navarathri festival and ‘Sangeetholsavam’ , ‘Vidyarambham’, ‘Bhagawatha Saptaham’ etc are conducted during the Navaratri festival. More than 500 children participate in ‘Vidyarambham’ Literary scholars conduct this ceremoney Tantram – The Tantri of the temple is Ambalapuzha Pudumana Brahmasree Sridharan N amboodiri. The Pradishta Dinam is in the month of Kumbha on the star ‘Punardam’. On this day every year there will be ‘Sahasra kalasham’ and ‘Kalabhabhishekam’. It is one of the temples where Bhagawatham is recited through out the year. During the navarathri festival ‘Mahaganapathy Homam’ is conducted with 1008 coconuts, ‘Bhagawatha Saptaha Yagnam and ‘Sarpa Bali’ is also conducted. Every Friday 9.30 am onwards ‘Devi Bhagawatha Mahatyma Prabhashanam’ is conducted in the temple, and on the same day at 10.30 a.m. ‘Rahudosha Parihara Naranga Vilakku’ is conducted, which ends with Annadanam. More than thousands of people are participating this function. During festival days literary and cultural seminars are also conducted. The Devi here has the ‘Shaiva Sankalpa’. The Devi Sankalpa is the transmission of Rowdra Bhava to Shanta Bhava which gives a lot of peace and sanctity to the Devotees.
Kodimootil Sree Bhdrakali Kshetram, Paripalli, Kollam, Ph: 0474 – 2572365
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