Raviswarapuram Shiva Temple, Kodungalloor, Kerala
Raviswarapuram Shiva Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in Kodungalloor of Thrissur District in Kerala, India. This Temple is considered as one of the 108 Shiva Temples created by Lord Parasurama. This temple is located very close to the famous Kodungallur Kurumba Bhagavathy Temple.
Legends
According to Hindu mythology, Lord Parasurama created
the land between Gokarna and Kanyakumari. Parasurama the sixth avatar
of Maha Vishnu, he was youngest son of sage Jamadagni and Renuka.
It is said that Kerala was reclaimed from the ocean using his axe for
donating to Brahmins after killing of King Kartavirya Arjuna and
other Kshatriyas. He split this land in to 64 villages (64 gramas). Out of
these 64 villages, 32 villages are in between Perumpuzha and Gokarnam and
the spoken language was Tulu.
The remaining 32 villages were in Malayalam speaking
area between Perumpuzha and Kanyakumari. According legends, after
donating the land to Brahmins108 Maha Shiva Lingam and Durga Idols were
installed in these 64 villages. These 108 Shiva Temples are mentioned in the
Shivala Stotram and song is written in Malayalam language. Of the 108
Siva Temples, 105 temples are situated in Kerala state, 2 temples in Karnataka and
1 in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu.
Among these temples, the Lord Shiva of Gokarnam
Mahabaleswara Temple in the north and Goddess Kumari of Kanyakumari temple in the
south were considered as the protectors of Kerala. The first temple created by
Parasurama was the Thrissur Vadakkunnathan Temple and the last one was the
Thrikkariyoor Mahadeva Temple. This Temple is considered as one
of the 108 Shiva Temples created by Lord Parasurama.
History
The existence of temple was
mentioned in Sangam Literature as one of the major temples
under Chera Dynasty.
The Temple
This is an east facing Temple.
Presiding Deity is called as Raviswarar. He is housed in the sanctum in the
form of Lingam. It houses a pond with an abandoned Siva Linga. There are no
details on the origin of the Shiva Linga here. A huge Naga tree is found in the
temple complex.
Connectivity
The Temple is located at about
500 meters from Kodungallur Kurumba Bhagavathi Temple, 1 Km from Kodungallur
KSRTC Bus Station, 22 Kms from Irinjalakuda Railway Station, 27 Kms from Angamaly
(Kalady) Railway Station, 29 Kms from Cochin Airport, 39 Kms from Thrissur and
239 Kms from Thiruvananthapuram. Kodungallur is situated on Thrissur to Cochin
Route
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