Kannur Trip

Kannur Trip (23.01.2010)

I was in Kannur for the Annual Investiture Meet of the Regional Grand Lodge of Southern India. I stayed at the Malabar Residency, a decent hotel quite near the venue as well as the Railway Station. Kannur does not have an Airport yet. The nearest airport is Kozhikode.

I visited a few temples. On the way to these temples we passed a large river with a bridge across. This is at Valapattinam. The same river passes by the Kaavu of Muthappan at Parasinnikadavu.

Trichambaram Temple

The main deity here is Lord Sree Krishnan. The temple is reached by steps leading down from the road. There is a small shrine for Devi outside the Nada. This shrine is set in middle of a rectangular pool with a causeway leading to it. Nearby is an attractive temple tank with red lotus flowers floatring on the emerald greenish water.

Parasinnikadavu, famous for Muthappan temple is on the way.

Beyond lies the town of Telliparamba. The famous Rajarajeswara temple is here. It is to be norted that only men are allowed inside this temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. Women are not allowed inside except at 08:00 PM when it is belived that the deity Shiva is out at Cherukunnu with his consort the Devi at Cherukunnu!. The calm and quiet temple shrine is divine. The wall brackets are intricately carved images of deities and animals.

The temple is pretty ancient and like many edifices in North Malabar is built with the dark brown Laterite stones peculiar to this area.

As my driver Rejith advised that it is customary for visitors to Shri Rajarjeshwara temple to visit the Cherukunnu Temple, I went there next. This is another quaint old temple dedicated to Shree Krishnan and Devi Annapoorneshwari.