Kadampuzha
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Kadampuzha is a small town and a pilgrimage centre in Malappuram district, Kerala
, India
situated on the Thrissur-Calicut national highway known for the Bhagavati temple
, believed to have been consecrated by Shri Shankara. Situated in Marakkara Panchayath, Kadampuzha is 2 km. away from Vettichira on the Thrissur-Calicut national highway.
"Kadampuzha" literally means the river kada. Interestingly, there isn't any river in the surrounding areas now. The deity of the Bhagavati temple is goddess Durga and the idol placed in the sanctum sanctorum
, below several stairs, is small and always flower covered. Besides thousands of pilgrims coming daily to seek blessings, hundreds of new motor vehicles too come in the temple to seek blessings to ward off mishaps. Though the temple is famous all over the state of Kerala, there is no major festival associated with the temple.
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
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situated on the Thrissur-Calicut national highway known for the Bhagavati temple
Devi Temple, Kadampuzha
Devi Temple, Kadampuzha is a Hindu temple and pilgrimage centre in Malappuram District, Kerala, India. The temple is dedicated to the Hindu goddessDurga, a form of Devi, the supremely radiant goddess....
, believed to have been consecrated by Shri Shankara. Situated in Marakkara Panchayath, Kadampuzha is 2 km. away from Vettichira on the Thrissur-Calicut national highway.
"Kadampuzha" literally means the river kada. Interestingly, there isn't any river in the surrounding areas now. The deity of the Bhagavati temple is goddess Durga and the idol placed in the sanctum sanctorum
Sanctum sanctorum
The Latin phrase sanctum sanctorum is a Latin translation of the biblical term: "Holy of Holies" which generally refers in Latin texts to the Holiest place of the Tabernacle of Ancient Israel and later the Temples in Jerusalem, but also has some derivative use in application to imitations of the...
, below several stairs, is small and always flower covered. Besides thousands of pilgrims coming daily to seek blessings, hundreds of new motor vehicles too come in the temple to seek blessings to ward off mishaps. Though the temple is famous all over the state of Kerala, there is no major festival associated with the temple.