Sree Bhadrakali Amman Temple,Kollemcode

Sree Bhadrakali Temple is located at Kollemcode town panchayat of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu. Kollemcode is a beautiful village, 30 kms away from Thiruvananthapuram and 65 kms away from Kanyakumari in the NH-47. There are two temples constructed for Sree Bhadrakali. One is at Kollemcode and the other one at Venkanji. There are two deities who are considered as sisters –– elder sister Bhadra and the youger Rudhra. Both the sisters Bhadra and Rudhra are worshipped at the same temple. ‘Bharani’ is the birthday of Sree Bhadrakali.
Every month Bharani day is celebrated in a grand manner. On the Bharani Day in the Meenam month (March or April) of every year ‘Thookkam’ Festival is celebrated. Lakhs of people from all over India participate in the function.
The old festival known as the Kollemcode Thookkam Festival is held in the Temple of Sree Bhadrakali Devasom every year and is mostly visited by couples who are younger or older and visit the temples for the Lord and also pay homage to her. Thookkam Festival is the most celebrated one and is generally held in the Bharani Day.
Kollemcode festival is like a feast for eyes with its treasure of green paddy fields, lotus ponds and a variety of trees which will take a visitor to the lap of the nature. The Kollemcode Sree Bhadrakali Devi Temple is a jewel to this natural province. Once praised as the beauty spot of Travancore, Kollemcode Temple now belongs to Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu.

The Antiquity of Kollemcode temple wakes up with the "Omkara" chanted by Arabian Sea(Only 1 km to beach) and the Thathwamasi messages emerging from the heart of the universe. Though Shree Bhadrakali Devi is believed to be appeared here as dual form of Shakti viz. Bhadra and Kali, the devotees get the blessings from the unified form of Mother Durga. These Goddess' reside in semi-circular "Mudis" (the artificial statue of Goddess) which are decorated with Snake Hood structures carved from jack tree wood.Every year there are offering of Pongal on the Pathamudayam Day of the Malayalam month ‘Medam’ – April. Thousands of devotees assemble from different parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Thye observe Pongala rituals in and around of the temple and Leksharchana is the most important part of the ‘Pongala Mahotsava’.
Kaliyoottu is conducted once in twelve years. According to legends Lord Siva created Bhadrakali to get rid of the atrocities of the giant Darikan. Sree Bhadrakali beheaded Darikan in the battle. The festival lasts for ten days. On the last day the ground battle takes place. Lakhs of people gather to witness the battle.
The temple opens at 5am in the morning and closes at 11.45 am in the evening opens at 5pm and closes at 8 pm on special days there will be changes in the time.Sunday,thuesdayand Friday are the important days of Kollemcode temple.Ganapathy,Sivan and Nagar are the upadevathas of this temple and the poojas to this devathas is done according to thanthric way.

Chitharal Jain temple - chitharal malai kovil

I am much interested to say about one of my favorite places Chitharal Rock Cut Temple or Chitharal Malai Kovil (ചിതറാല്‍ പാറ കോവില്‍ in Malayalam, சிதறால் மலை கோவில் in Tamil). I have more things to share with you about it. I came to know about this place by my wife. She was a teacher of Excel Central School, Thiruvattar. As a study trip she has taken her students to this place. According to her information my self and colleague planned to have a trip on Sunday here. Actually we planned to start at 6am, because of some reasons we became late. So we started our journey at 7.30am from Thiruvananathapuram.

There are many ways to reach here. We selected the way Marthandam-Attoor. From Marthandam we sent our vehicle to Kulasekharam road. When we traveled 4 km, we reached Attoor junction. From there turn left to go to Chitharal. Again we traveled 2km to Chitharal junction. Locally this temple is known as ‘Malai Kovil’. We traveled about one more kilometer from the junction. It was a remote area.

The famous Jain temple known as Malayil kovil is just 4 km from Marthandam, the exact name of the place is Chitharal. The Jain temple is one of the very few surviving temples in Tamil Nadu while many others were either demolished or converted into Hindu ones. Frequent buses are available from Marthandam to Thikurichy. A number of foreigners are visiting this temple. The temple is under the control of Archaeology department

Chitharal Malai Kovil :  I have more things to share with you about Chitharal Malai Kovil. Here the specialty goes to the rocks. Because, here rocks seems like somebody has taken risk to keep the rock over another rock. Also the rocks are very huge.

Location
Nearby Attoor(3km), Thiruvattar(5km), Marthandam(7km), Kanyakumari district, Tamilnadu

How to reach Trivandrum(0)-Marthandam(39)-Attoor(4)-Chitharal Jn(2)-Chitharal Malai Kovil(1)  - 46km
Nearest Railway Station: Kuzhithurai
Nearest Airport: Trivandrum International Airport

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Mandaikadu Sri Bhagavathi Amman Temple

Mandaikadu Sri Bhagavathi Amman temple is very old and famous temple in Kanyakumari district. This temple is also commonly called as “Women’s Sabarimala”. Devotees worship Bhagavathi Amman for fulfillment of their expectations. The 15 feet tall anthill is the Bhagavathi Amman. Since this temple is Sabarimala for women, they visit the temple with the Irumudi (a bundle containing pooja items for the Goddess) as men go to Sabarimala.

Bhagavathi Amman Temple, Mandaikadu

Festival:
In Mandaikadu Bhagavathi Amman temple, every year there is a 10 days grand festival is celebrated in the tamil month of Masi (Mar-Apr), which draws huge crowd gathering more that 10 Lakh people and devotees.
Location and Transportation:
Mandaikadu Sri Bhagavathi Amman temple is situated in small village Mandaikadu, on the state high way from Nagercoil to Colachel. Mandaikadu temple is situated 23 KMs from Nagercoil, 70KMs from Trivandrum and 100 KMs from Tirunelveli. Nearest railway station is Eraniel (railway route from Nagercoil to Trivandrum) and nearest airport is Trivandrum. Devotees find difficulties for the transportation during this 10 days festival because of crowd. During this festival time, Tamilnadu public transportation has arranged special buses from different places to this temple. From Nagercoil you can reach Mandaikadu via Konam, Rajakamangalam, Ganapathi puram and Allankottai villages.
Pooja Timings:
Morning : 5.00 AM
Noon : 12.30 PM
Evening : 6.30 PM
Night : 8.30 PM
Special pooja’s performed on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday

Sri Kumaraswami Temple – Velimalai

Presiding deity	Kumaraswami Also known as Subramania
Height	10 feet
Goddess	Valli
Procession deity	Manavalakumaran
Holy tree	Vengai
Holy spring	Teppakulam
Place	Kumarakoil
Scriptural name	Velvimalai
District	Kanyakumari

Prayer:
Velimalai Murugan is all blessigful to his devotees granting them their needs in marriage, wise children, business growth, education, mental and physical strength etc. Those trekking the mount to have the darshan of the lord get their needs fulfilled.
Prayer commitments:
Head shaving (Mottai), offering coins to one’s equal weight, decorating the deity with sandal paste, abishek in Panchamirtham, lighting ghee lamps, carrying Kavadi and milk pots are the commitments undertaken by the devotees. The rich offer liberal donations for temple maintenance and renovations.

Speciality:
In this ancient temple, the presiding deity Kumaraswami’s shrine is in the North East with his consort Valli. The idol is 10 feet tall, with long ears. It appears that the idols belong to Buddhist period. The stone also does not belong to some ordinary variety but is too strong in its homogeneity. The temple is at the border of Kerala state and noted for its reputation.
Reputation:
It is said that the wedding of Lord Muruga (Kumaraswami) and Valli took place here. A very famous temple touching the Kerala border. The Kanji (rice porridge) offered in the temple is believed to cure diseases. It is here Valli played with her friends and it is known as Kuravar Padukalam. The idol belongs to the Buddha period. Valli is on the left side. It is here Nambirajan (Valli’s father) lived. Lord Muruga was here in the form of Vengai tree to meet Valli.
General Information:
Velimalai is 4 km from Thakkalai and 12 kms from Nagercoil. There are lodges in Nagercoil for the pilgrims’ convenience. Adequate bus facilities are available from Nagercoil. Velimalai can be reached on the Thakkalai route.
Nearest railway stations are Iranial and Nagercoil, Airports are Thiruvananthapuram and Madurai. The temple Executive Officer of Kumaraswami Temple may be contacted on telephone o4651-250706. Fax 232270.
Festivals:
10 day Vaikasi Visakam (May-June) festival attracting over 15,000 devotees, Pushpabishekam on last Friday in Avani (August-September), 7 day Panguni (March-April) wedding festival and days considered important for Lord Muruga, Pongal, Deepavali, New Year days are festive days in the temple.
History:
Six places in Tamilnadu are revered as Aaru Padai Veedu of Lord Muruga. Velimalai is considered as the 7th. The place is now in Kerala. This is the place where Nambirajan, Valli’s father lived. Muruga-Valli wedding also took place here. Lord Muruga appears so majestically in 10 feet tall idol form. A very famous Muruga Temple in the region.

 

Sri Bhagavathi Amman Temple – Mandaikadu

Presiding deity:      Bhagavathi Amman
Reputation:      A Sabarimala of Women
Speciality:      Tall ant-hill
Holy tree:      Neem tree
Worshipping:      Firing crackers
Offering:      Puttamudhu pudding
Place:      Mandaikadu
Scriptural name:      Mandhaikadu
District:      Kanyakumari

 

Prayer:
Those aspiring for marriage alliance to be concluded and children visit the temple for fulfillment of their expectations. Those suffering from severe headache and effects evil impacts and the handicapped pray to Bhagavathi Amman for reliefs.
Prayer commitments:
Devotees offer silk cloths and Mangalsutra to the goddess. The handicapped offer limbs made of silver for cures. people also offer cradles in the temple for getting children. Crackers are fired to relief from the impact of evil looks and effects. Some use to have the food placed on the floor and eat it. This is known as Mansoru Eating.
Speciality:
The temple is built after the Kerala tradition in a very simple style. The roof of the temple has orange colour tiles, an anthill touching the roof. At the upper end is the face of Goddess Bhagavathi. People cook a pudding here with rice flour, sugar, jaggery called Mandaiappam and offer it to the Goddess for relief from headache and none is disappointed, it is widely said.

Reputation:
Mandaikadu Bhagavathi Amman Temple is known as a Sabarimala for Women. The 15 feet tall anthill is the Bhagavathi amman. Women visit the temple with the Irumudi (a bundle containing puja items for the Goddess) as men go to Sabarimala. Here is the Srichakra at the ground of the anthill. The temple was demolished and reconstructed for more than three times. Puja is performed only in the morning in the temple.
General information:
Mandaikadu is 75 Kms from Thiruvananthapuram and 95 from Tirunelveli. There is facility in the temple for staying. Charge Rs. 25 and Rs. 50. Lodges are available in Nagercoil also, charges ranging from Rs. 150 to Rs. 400. Bus facilities are available to Nagercoil from almost all parts of Tamilnadu. Devotes can reach Mandaikadu by road. Nearest railway stations are Iranial and Nagercoil. Narest airports are Thiruvananthapuram and Madurai.
Festivals:
10 day Masi festival (March-April) draws a huge crowd numbering 10 lakh. On Poornima day too. The crowd would be huge during the Tuesdays and Fridays of the Tamil month.
History:
His Holiness Sri Sankaracharya was performing Srichakra Puja with his Kerala disciples here. One day the Chakra did not turn back after the puja was over as usual. The Acharya stayed here itself and attained Samadhi. It is on this spot where the Srichakra existed, the anthill began to grow. Children playing this side and hitting the anthill were injured. Marthanda Varma, the king of Kerala came to know of these developments and built a temple and performed pujas regularly. Gradually, the temple assumed significance among the devotees. Today is a famous temple blessing the devotees.