Thevalakkara is a village

Village

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 in Kollam district

Kollam district

-Climate:Kollam's temperature is almost steady throughout the year. The average temperature ranges from 25 to 32 degrees Celsius. Summer usually runs from March until May; the monsoon begins by June and ends by September. Kollam receives an annual average rainfall of around...

 in the state of Kerala

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or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

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The natives believe that word thevalakara is derived from devalokakara, i.e., the land of gods. The old name is Thevelikara like Mavelikara, Peruvelikara. Books written by foreigners quoted tevelikara. Thevalakkara is very famous in Kerala history connected with Portuguese attack in Thevalakara temples in 1544. This has narrated in The Rise of Portuguese Power in India by R. S. Whiteway and asia portughesa by Faria Y Sousa. The renowned historians like prof. A. Sreedharamenon, Elamkulam Kunjanpillai, Sardark. M. Panicker, K. P. Padmanabhamenon, P. Bhaskaranunny etc. explained Thevalakkara temple attack clearly. It can say that it was the first revolt against foreign rulers by the Keralites; it was in June 1544. Attingal revolt was in 1721, which hailed as the first revolt against foreigners. Thevalakara had two old temples for Shiva and Devi. In ancient period, Shiva temple was a buddhaviharam. After Brahmin settlement in the 9th century, it converted as Shiva temple. Then, it was destroyed in a Portuguese attack by Martim Ahonsa Desousa (1544). Devi temple was an oldkavu and it reconstructed by Aadithya Varmaraja under the supervision of Keralan Kumeran, the native naduvazhi and related to Kizhakkekara Kumarakanakkapillaiveedu. In 1472, keralan kumeran devoted valiya balikkallu to the temple as kanikka. The old vattezhuthu inscription shown there, proves this. Thevalakara church history is connected to the same Portuguese attack and Chaliyath Maraikkars attack. St. Francis Xavier and Alexis Menezis visited there many times (rf. Joseph Mundadan, Richard. e. leche, gouva). Chaliyathu Maraikkar came in Thevalakkara in 1569 and propagated Islam among Hindus and Christians, then he constructed chaliyathu jumamasjid. Thevalaka church is famous for Mar Abo. He was a holyman and his tomb is considered sacred. Now, it has announced as pilgrim centre of Malankara diase.

Nearby villages are Mynagappally, West Kallada, Panmana.