Malamakkavu Ayyappan temple
Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander
This Ayyappan temple is called as Mala mel Kavu or Malayil Kavu in the Anakkara Panchayath in Palakkad district . Though the name indicates that it is on the mountain, it is only
situated in the plains.One of the specialties of the temple
is that a rare flower called
CHenkazhuneer poovu is found in the
temple tank.
It is believed
that that hundreds of years earlier one low caste woman went to the forest around
here for grazing cattle When she
was sharpening her knife on a rock , it started
bleeding .They immediately the nearby village , who through Prasnam found that rock was
lord Ayyappa.. They immediately built a sanctum and sanctified that
rock as Lord Ayyappa.This happened about
300 years ago.Along with the Ayyappan temple there are also idols oh Goddess BHagawathi and
Lord Shiva in the temple . There are also Rudiramaha Kali, Vettakorumugan and Nagas consecrated in the temple .It has been recognized as one of the 108
temples of Dharma Sastha in Kerala and
it is managed by a the Padinjarepat nambiar family . ADa is the main offering
at the temple .The Ayyappan idol faces the east .The main festival of the temple is
a THalappoli celebrated on the last
Saturday of the month of Dhanu .The pond of the temple is situated in
the temple premises itself. It is
believed that if a devotee offers a
Chenkazhuneer flower at the feet of Dharma Sastha with great devotion , a blue lotus(Neela Thamara) would bloom in the next day
in the temple pond.A film based on this legend called “Neelathamara” has been produced in Malayalam.This temple
can be reached from Guruvayur within an hour by driving.,
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