Thrippakudam
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Thrippakudam Siva Temple is a Hindu temple located at Thalayazham
, a village near Vaikom
, Kottayam district
, Kerala
, India
.
is several centuries old. The people here are totally devoted to him, even people from other religions also believe in him. The festival is on the time of February or March, in the Malayalam month
of kumBham.
Thalayazham
Thalayazham is a small village located in Vaikom Taluk, Kottayam district, Kerala, India.-Demographics:As of 2001 India census, Thalayazham had a population of 20,171 with 9,923 males and 10,248 females....
, a village near Vaikom
Vaikom
Vaikom is a taluk and also its capital town, situated in the North-West of Kottayam in Kerala, India. Its western border is the Lake Vembanad, and is crossed by various estuaries of the River Muvattupuzha. It lies between Ernakulam and Kottayam...
, Kottayam district
Kottayam district
Kottayam is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The district has its headquarters at Kottayam town, located at 9.36° N and 76.17° E. According to the 1991 census, it is the first district to achieve highest literacy rate in the whole of India...
, Kerala
Kerala
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
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Introduction
This famous and ancient temple of ShivaShiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
is several centuries old. The people here are totally devoted to him, even people from other religions also believe in him. The festival is on the time of February or March, in the Malayalam month
Malayalam calendar
Malayalam calendar is a solar and sidereal Hindu calendar used in Kerala, India. The origin of the calendar has been dated as 825 CE....
of kumBham.