TEMPLE WHERE I GO EVERY DAY

ACHAN THEVAR SHIVA TEMPLE - KOORKKENCHERY - 680007

first of all let me tell you who is ACHAN THEVAR.............................achan thevar is LORD SHIVA

history:

while kerala was attacked by TIPPU SULTAN , a moothan family at palakkad ran away with the IDOL of lord SHIVA [SHIVA LINGAM] .....finally they reached at koorkkenchery...........this family was given shelter at this palce by the ruler of this village and they have established this temple at this place.......years after the temple authorities lost the neighbouring land and they found financial problem to run the temple...... and this MOOTHAN family returned to their home land after the time of tippu.............. later the ownership of this temple was given to some other people.... but they could not run the temple as they lost landed properties etc. ...and due to lack of fund.... they also left the temple for good........
finally what happened all the buildings were ruined except the IDOL......... it was lying like that for some time.......
years later VISWA HINDU PARISHAT was given the managment of this temple.........and they have renovated the temple - step by step.......it took years to bring to this stage..........special mention is to be given to Mr G Mahadevan and his team who have worked a lot to bring up this place..
every year in the malayalm month KARKKITAKAM [JULY] elephants are brought to this holy temple and they have been given medicated food and fruits.... which is called in malayalam aanayoottu [ആനയൂട്ട്]

>... this particular preventive herbal treatment is given even to the human being during this month....... according to the belief, the whole year will be healthy and energetic after this treatment.... the medicine will penetrate to the body especially this month of mansoon.......some photos of elephant related feeding is also displayed here......

this temple is about ONE kilometer from trichur round..... and it is on the trichur - irinjalakuda road....
apart from LORD SHIVA...... there is SREE PARVATHY and other upadevanmar.......
they are as follows:
AYYAPPAN SWAMY [അയ്യപ്പന്‍‍]
GANAPATHY SWAMY [ ഗണപതി]
SUBRAMANYA SWAMY [സുബ്രമണ്യന്‍]
HANUMAN SWAMY [ഹനുമാന്‍‍]
GOSALA KRISHNAN [ഗോശാല ക്രിഷ്ണന്‍]
YOGEESWARAN [യോഗീശ്വരന്‍]
NAAGANGAL [നാഗങ്ങള്‍‍]
BRAHMA RAKSHASS [ബ്രഹ്മരക്ഷസ്സ്]
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SOME OF THE IMPORTANT SPECIAL OFFERINGS [വഴിപാടുകള്‍] TO ACHAN THEVAR TEMPLE IS AS FOLLOWS.
koovala maala - vettilamaala - kadumpaayasam - unniyappam - vadamaala - paalpaayasam etc.

specialities:

muppettu velli [special friday] unniyappam for lord ganesha

muppettu sani [special saturday] vadamaala, vettila maala and avil nivedyam

Postal address:
achan thevar shiva temple
thankamani kayattam
koorkkenchery - trichur 680007 [kerala] india

president - JAYAPRAKASH VETTIYATTIL K

secretary - UNNIKRISHNAN M

treasurer - HARIDASAN P
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photos shall be uploaded in few days

this matter is also published in another blog owned by me