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NAVATHRIKKOVU
MAHADEVAN
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Prathishta: Siva
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Dist: Thrissur
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Thaluk: Vilvattom
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Panchayath: Vilvattam
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Festival:
7 days annual festival falls on 8th day of Meenam of malayalam
month. During these days various cultural festivals are organised.
7th day of festival day which is main festival whicn starts with
Kalabhattam (special pooja and applying sandal on siva idol) and
special poojas are done. "Para Nirakkal" (signifies the prosperity)
is offered by devotess
in the evening which is worth watching. During that time entire
temple premises is decorated with flowers and Para (Vessel used
for measurement in
olden ages) full of
fruits, vegitables and flowers. Festival lasts till midnight and
ends with fireworks
Sivaraathri, Vidhyarabham, Pradhosham days are imprtant here
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Importance
/ Main offerings:
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Description:
Presiding main deity of this temple is is Lord Siva in kiratha moorthy
form. You can see deity of Sreekrishnan in this temple with equal importance.
Ganapathy, Ayyappa,
Bhagavathy,
Nagas
are the
main subdeities. Ayyappa and Bhagavathy shrine was installed near
by sreekovil earlier and recently
built
seperate seating place inside temple premises which is outside sreekovil.
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Thanthri:
Brahmasree Tharanallur Padmanabhan Namboothiri
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Trustee: Cochin
Devassam Board
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Address:
Navathrikkovu Siva Temple,
Villadom, Ramvarmapuram Post,
Thrissur, Kerala - 680 631
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Photo:
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Route: Thrissur-Villadom
route, 7 km from Thrissur town, alight Villadom bus stop. Temple
situates on the way to Villadom - Mannuthy route.
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