Paramekkavu temple

Paramekkavu temple

Compiled  by

P.R.Ramachander

       Parmekkavu temple    is one of the biggest  Bhagwathy     temple  of Kerala and is situated   in Trichur town.

There is an interesting story about its origin.  It seems  once the head of The Kuruppal   family  of Trichur town  , who was a great   devotee of  Thirumandhakunnu  Bhagawathy became so old    that   he was not able to visit her temple. Once he returned from Mandhankunnu   after his sincere prayers and in Trichur   in a teak wood forest , he kept his   Palmyrah umbrella (ola kuda)   under a  Bakula tree  called ILanji tree  in Malayalam. After   some time when he wanted to leave , he was not  able to lift his umbrella from the floor.As per the custom of Kerala when an astrologer   examined , it was found that  it was  the Mother  of Thirumandhankunnu  temple. After   the Vadakkunathan temple    was consecrated  the  power of the Goddess  shifted below   a Paro  tree..A temple was built   was   there   and it was called Paro  mel kavu. The  Goddess   consecrated  here  was made  of wood . Statutes of  Ganesa, Veera Bhadra    and  other deities    are also there in the temple.The Goddeszsz  is supposed to give her  devotees arts  and intelligence ,

    This temple is a  two temple complex  Parmekkavu and Melekavu . IN the present Melekavu once  Guruthi  (animal sacrifice) was being doine, when the Animal sacrifice was prohibited a temple was built at that   spot and it was called  Mele Kavu where a statue  of the Goddess got from the   temple pond was consecrated,.

   A peculiar  worship practice at this temple is that  when lamp is lit in the temple it would be shown  in the direction of the  Ilanji tree where  the Goddess  was first  consecrated.

Trichur  Pooram

  This is perhaps the greatestfestival of Trichur(Tri siva perur) town.Parmekkavu temple  is one of the most important  participants  of this great festival. It will be a treat to the eye and ears to watch 15 bedecked elephants standing to the tunes of "pancha vadyam " ( Traditional musical galore) inside the Vadakkunathan temple complex later move on to face 15 bedecked elephants of the Parmekkavu  temple  complex, in a nearby ground exchanging colorful Umbrellas during the annual Pooram Festival which comes in April -May every year.More

The famous  ILanji Thara  melam(beating of drums)  starts    from here 

Dress code

This temple of Bhagavathi which is considered a sacred place with a dress code ( sari for women and Dhoti and upper garment for men). Men without a dhoti can go up to ,a certain place and get glimpse of the presiding deity. this is considered one of the very important and spiritual places of Thrissur which is the cultural capital of Kerala.

 Location   and contact

PARAMEKKAVU DEVASWOM
GEETHANJALI BUILDING
ROUND EAST, THRISSUR - 680 001
KERALA - INDIA.

Office : +91 487 2331273, 2322334.     Temple : +91 487 2331373

E-mail : paramekkavu_tcr@bsnl.in, info@paramekkavudevaswom.com

Timings of the temple

4.30 am to 11.30 Am

4 pm to 9 pm