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Home > Temples of Kerala > Ettumanoor Sree Mahadevar Temple Ettumanoor Sree Mahadevar TempleEttumanoor Sree Mahadevar Temple ettumanoor ( 10 days festival ) supposed to be consecrated by Khara Maharshi thousands of years back. Famous for mural paintings. Kumbham ( feb- march) Thiruvathira Arattu. All these days procession conducted with caparisoned elephants ( seven and half ) are taken out for dersan. Main offering is pouring oil to the bhadradeepam, Naipayasam and Koottupayasom. This temple is situated at Ettumanoor in Kottayam district. It is one among the 32 ancient Namboodiri villages in Kerala and is a Village temple. The presiding deity is Lord Shiva and the installation is a big Lingam. The appearance of the lord here is as one like a destroyer, in the Sarabeshamoorthy style. The round Sanctum Sanctorum faces west. Five poojas are offered a day, excepting Shivarathri day, when 18 poojas are offered. The thanthric used is Thavnun. In the southwest comer of the main altar Ganapathi is also present. Sub- deities are, Dakshinamoorthy, Sastha, Bhagawathy and Yakshi. The flag mast is of gold and the deities are believed to be installed by Villuamangalam as per epic. A lll-day festival is celebrated with an arrattu on the Thiruvathira star day during the Malayalam month of Kumbam.
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