Malliyur Maha Ganapathi temple
Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander
Malliyur is a
small village 23 km for Kottayam .The
nearest railway station is Kuruppanthra
in the ERnakulam –Kottayam route.
The form of
Ganapathi consecrated here is known as
Bheeja Ganapathi , trunk carrying a
lemon twisted towards right and holding in his arms Axe, Horn, rope and
Laddu and keeping baby Sri Krishna on his lap. Because of this he is also
termed as Vaishnava Ganapathi.
CEntuaries
back a saintly Namboodiri is supposed to
have brought this idol from North India and consecrated here. Intially the
temple had only a thatched roof. A YYakshi and Anthimahakalan (Hunter form of
Lord Shiva) also have been consecrated
at this temple, as they were the family deities of this Namboodiri. The
temple was administered by two Namboodiri families-Aryappally and
Vadekkadam. Though these families flourished initially they
became to poor and unable to manage this
great temple. Once more some other family tried to rebuild the temple but
their effort to maintain the temple
ended up in a failure. Again about 50 years back another Nambudirui family tried to rebuild it. Again failure was peeping at them . Then Deva Prasanam was done
and they found that The Goddess Durga also wanted to be consecrated in the same temple. Brahmasrio SAnkaran
Namboodiri who was trying to rebuild the temple at that stage Started readsing Bhagawatham in front of the
deity. When this was done they realized that sacredness was getting infused at
the temple. Apart from the already existing Gods , he also consecrated a Brahma
Rakshas and Sastha in that temple.
The temple remains
open from 5 Am to 11,30 Am and then from
5.30 P.M to 8 PM. Vinayaka CHathurthy , Makara Vilakku Chirappu(festival) and a ten day
uthsavam in the Meena masam
ending on Vishu are celebrated at the temple. On second Sundays of Malayalam
month there is a Bhagavatha Parayanam. The temple also conducts a two month long music festival , starting on
first of Vruschigam every year.
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