Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple, Ettumanoor, Kottayam District
Roudra (fierce) and Vatsalya (love) are the two moods of the presiding
deity, Lord Mahadeva (Lord Siva) at the Ettumanoor temple. At the
entrance of the temple is a kedavilakku (ever burning lamp) believed
to have been lighted over 450 years back and ever since fed by the
devotees with oil. The ten-day festival commences on February 16.
Devotees throng to catch a glimpse of the Ezharapponnana (seven and
a half gold elephants, altogether weighing 180 lbs). It is called
so, since each of the seven elephants is two-feet high while the last
is only half the height. These elephant miniatures in gold were gifted
to the temple in 1759 by Karthika Thirunal Maharaja of the erstwhile
princely State of Travancore.
Getting there:
Nearest railway station : Ettumanoor, about 1 km
Nearest airport : Cochin International Airport, about 83 km.
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