Parappukkav Bhagavathy Temple is a Hindu temple located on the banks of
Kechery River in
Kechery,
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
, India. The famous annual festival of this temple Vela, Pooram is celebrated in the meenam.
18 Desams belonging to
Thrissur
Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...
,
Kunnamkulam
Kunnamkulam is a municipal town situated in the Thrissur District of Kerala in India, spread over an area of 34.18 km2. It is an old commercial town, with an ancient history, famous for its printing and book binding industry. In the past, t ...
and
Chavakkad
Chavakkad, formerly Chowghat, is a municipality in Thrissur district of Kerala state in India. It is a suburban town of Thrissur city. Chavakkad is noted for its beach and fishing. It lies on National Highway 66 is located about north of the ...
taluks are worshiped as Bhagavathy.
Major celebrations
* 16th meenam -
vela
* 17th meenam -
pooram
Pooram pronounced is an annual festival, which is celebrated in temples dedicated to goddesses Durga or Kali held especially in Valluvanadu area and other adjoining parts of north-central Kerala (Present Palakkad, Thrissur, Kannur, Kasara ...
* 30th Medam - Prathishtta dinam
Deities
The major deity in the temple is Goddess
Bhagavathy
Bhagavatī (Devanagari: भगवती, IAST: Bhagavatī), is a Hindu epithet of Sanskrit origin, used as an honorific title for female deities in Hinduism. It is primarily used to address one of the Tridevi: Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati.
...
.other deities are
Durga
Durga ( sa, दुर्गा, ) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi. She is associated with protection, strength, motherhood, destruction, and wars.
Durga's legend centres around co ...
,
Brahmarakshas,
Nagas,
Dandan
A dandan or dendan is a mythical sea creature that appears in volume 9 of ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (or ''Arabian Nights''). It appears in the tale "Abdullah the Fisherman and Abdullah the Merman", where the merman tells the fis ...
, Kiratha Murthy, Vishnumaya Swami,
Muthappan
Muthappan ( ml, ശ്രീ മുത്തപ്പൻ, kn, ಮುತ್ತಪ್ಪ್) is a deity commonly worshiped in the Kannur, Kasargod, Kozhikode, Malapuram region of Kerala and Coorg region of Karnataka in India. Muthappan is consid ...
and Thazhathekkavu Bhagavathy.
Architecture
The temple has a traditional
Kerala style architecture with a nalambalam, namaskara mandapam, kodimaram and shrines of upadevatas.
References
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Bhagavathi temples in Kerala
Hindu temples in Thrissur district