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Vengoor Sree Durga Devi Temple

Vengoor Sree Durga Devi temple is a legacy from history. Legend has it that this temple was established by Prasuraman during the vedic periods. Rampaged and destroyed by Tippu Sultan’s invading army in 1785, the templefurther suffered from neglect through the period that followed.Through the collective efforts of every one in and around Vengoor going beyond the boundaries of all religion, the temple was resurrected in recent times to its rightful glory. Today, the glory of Vengoor village is the glory of the temple.This site is conveniently located adjacent to this ancient temple and hardly 100meters away from the state high way – Main Central Road.The temple trust and the inhabitants ofVengoor have whole heartedly come forward with a unanimous plan to build a modern complex – Sree Durga Devi Community Centre – considering the present and future needs and aspiration ofthe village. The proposed Complexis just 4 kms away from Kochi International Airport as well as from the holiland kalady..

Full history with social circumstances of that period :

Period of Parasurama 2550 – 2350BC, The Vedic Period (or Vedic Age) is the period during which theVedas were being composed, during the period of roughly 1500 BC to 500 BC. Mahabharat War : 1400 BC, Period of advent of Budhism and Jainism : 304 -232 BC) It is said and believed that Lord Parasurama did the"Prathishta' of this temple and thatthis is the first among the 108 prime and puranic Durga Devi Temples he made in Kerala. Somehow the temple doesn't look that very old. However a full size idol and 'Vattasreekovil' the circular sanctum santorum as in Vengoor are rare scenes. It is said that one should visit the Sri Krishna Temple at 'Kizhakke Mana' after Sri Durga Temple to derive 'maximum' blessings! This could betrue in view of the historical link between 'Kizhakke Mana' and 'Durga Devi'. In the preface of Sarma Sir’s book we can read that Vengoor temple was amongst the destructed or damaged temples byTippu's army and the idol was partially damaged. On May 10, 1963(AD 1138 Medom7) the damaged idol was replaced under the Kottalakkad, Mattappilly, Puliyannur and Vezhaparambu Thanthris by an Acharyan namely Purushothaman with the present idol. It was also written that the idol for replacement was their under the earth of the temple premises itself.The present vigraha which was lying under the soil of the mylakodath mana, was later found and now we are worshipping that vigraha of the devi now a days, which was not fully completed dueto mysterious reasons. We must check that whether tipus army wasaround and why the other durga temples part of 108 durga templesaround doesnt have idols? Our devi is said to have six sisters and one brother. In olden days Devi used to go to meet her siblings after the "KODIYETTU" was over. On the pooram Night she goes to "MANIKKANAGALAM". Next day to"EDADU" and so on to all her seven siblings. The one interestinglink could be the 'travel down to Aaraattupuzha' by Lordess Durga of Vengoor to part take in the 'Aaraattupuzha Pooram' which is 1000's of years old. This is what weterm 'Kodikkal Pashni' even today when Devi leaves the temple for Aaraattupuzha. Aaraattupuzha is though a sastha Temple is blessed with the presence of Jagd Guru Sri Arundhathi Vasishtar. Sri Vasishtar is said to have met Lord Ayyappan here. And those who may visit Aaraattupuzha Temple on their way back from Sabarimala before arriving home would get the 'punnyam' equivalent to visits to 'sabarimala' for 7 'Janmam's (Lifes).Probably this would have been theprime temple and all others like Maanickyamangalam etc were 'carried forward' for proximity convenience and hence there are no idols there. In my limited knowledge, the Temple was partially ravaged & destroyed by Tipu Sultan's Military around the beginning of the 19th Century. It was renovated around 1960 by theTrust. In fact, Tipu Sultan's army had camped in our compound, as the saying goes that there was a huge well in front of our present house that was supposed to be dugup by the Army for their use..... Later it was infested by snakes andhad to be filled up for our house construction. (Mahesh Nair) On his VICTORY LAP through "cochin" TipuSultan (1750-1799) destroyed a lotof Temples. Tipu destroyed the temple and cut off the hands of Bhagavathi "Durga devi's " VIGRAHA, which was said to have been with six hands. After the destruction he went on to attack the Kingdom of " THIRUVITAMCORE". But he failed to cross Aluva River. He stayed on Alwaye sand beach and fought the famous battle "NEDUNKOTTA". Because of the unexpected water rise in Alwaye river ( which was said to have been created to stop the invasion of Sulthan over Travancore by opening the Dam shutters, named as MULLA PERIYAR. ). Sulthan's army suffered heavy losses, Tippu was also injured and another attack over "SREE RANGA PATTANA" his capital made Tipu return home. It is said that, the first huge destruction of His army in NEDUNKOTTA WAR was the cause for his vengence and the destruction of temples all over kerala.The battle Nedumkotta war took place on 29 or 28 December 1789,and was the opening of hostilities in the Third Anglo-Mysore War andwas also a part of the Travancore-Mysore War. Forces of Tipu Sultan,the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, attacked the fortified line known as the Nedumkotta that protected the Kingdom of Travancore, an ally of the British East India Company. Tipu reached Nedumkotta on 28 December 1789. Out of his army numbering several tens of thousands, about 14,000 along with 500 local Muslims marched towards the fortification. By 29 December, a large portion of the right flank of Nedumkotta was under the controlof Mysore Army. Now only a lengthy ditch (16 foot wide and 20 foot deep) separated the Kingdom of Travancore from the Mysorean forces. Tipu commanded his soldiers to level up the ditch, so that his army can move forward. The retreating soldiers and militiamen from Travancore regrouped on the other side of theditch. Unable to fill the ditch under heavy fire from the Travancoreans, Tipu ordered his soldiers to march forward through a very narrow passage.[4] This ill advised move backfired on the Mysoreans, as a group of two dozen Nair militiamen from the Nandyat kalari under Vaikom Padmanabha Pillai ambushed theirenemies half-way.A few dozen Mysorean soldiers died of direct gun-fire, and the commanding officer was killed. Many more panicked and in the ensuing chaos fell in to the ditch and died. The reinforcements sentby the Mysoreans were prevented from merging with the main contingent by a batch of the Travancore regular army. Tipu himself fell from his palanquin and was nearly stampeded. He wasseriously wounded and went permanently lame.[5][6] Regrouping of the Mysore forces After his defeat at Nedumkotta, Tipu captured Cranganore Fort andAya Fort. Tipu's foces were once again defeated by the Travancore near the Alwaye river in 1790. Faced with epidemics of Cholera and Malaria and increasing resistance from the Tranavcoreans, Tipu decided to retreat from Travancore. Tipu was forced to concentrate on simultaneous attacks of English on Mysore and the damp weather.[7] Aftermath The Nairs of Travancorerecovered the sword, the pallanquin, the dagger, the ring and many other personal effects of Tipu from the ditches and presented them to the Maharajah of Travancore. Some of them weresent to the Nawab of Arcot (one of Tipu's arch rivals) on his request. Mysorean army suffered 2,000 deaths and many thousands were injured. Several of the high ranking officers in the Mysore Army were taken prisoner, including 5 Europeans and one Maratha.Its true that Mysore Army ran over the land of vengoor .Tippu tried to capture the largest and strongest kingdom of Kerala named as "TRAVANCORE". Zomarains of Calicut was defeated in a war between Mysore - Calicut province. Cochin a small state bordering Trichur to Kochin, not able for a fight, because of limitedarmy, never waited for a loss andagreed to pay "KAPPAM" to Mysore Sulthan. Then HYDER and TIPPU wanted to advance fruether and conquer THIRUVITHAMCODE ".The Boundaries of Tiruvtithamcorestarted from kanyakumari - and ending expected to be in Karukutty..This assumption because the"MAIN CENTRAL ROAD" running through the heart of Vengoor, made by the Kings of Travancore for army and commercial movements. Some signatures of Past rulers still stand near Thiruvairanikkulam , Trippunithuraareas. " ANGAMALY " the name said to be derived as it is the clash field of TRAVNCORE - COCHIN. Even in Google search also the victory lap ,of 'mysore rajah " ended at NEDUKOTTA bordering Alwaye River..The destroyed vengoor devi vigraha remained in the temple for a long time, as nobody could take care (may be at that time vengoorans have equal and they don't have the money to repair temple. They are trying their best to feed their children atleast once in a day) ..In 1960's"ASHTAMANGALYA PRASHNA" it showed that it is not good to keep the broken devi vigraha and in the presence of whole vengoor , the old "VIGRAHA " was removed and by following the whole"Aacharam's " for the dead, the vigraham was released in "KALADY RIVER". The present Vigraha of Devi takes the place. It is rumouerd that when the old VIGRAHA was taken to the River ants surrounded it like in corpses. It takes around 8 days for transferring "CHAITHANYA" from old one to new one. After Tippu's attack on temple and devi " vigraha" partially destroyed, MYLAKKOTTATHU MANA decided for a replacement of "VIGRAHA". They made Present Devi"VIGRAHA " and after the making of it, there is rivals started between "PALAZHIVATTO...M MANA" Known in vengoor as " KIZHAKE MANA". Kizhakke mana hold majority of shares than Mylakkottat Ilam, then the clashesbetween both occur. Becasue of the issue, The "KARANAVAR " of Mylakkottath decided to put newly maded " devi " vigraha lay under ground. Devy layed over there for decades and decades the infrmation about this is passed from generations to generations. In 1963 leaded by " ACHUMMAMMAN", "KARANAVAR" of kanjili Family, it is ecided to replace the destructed devi and put new one. That time,Mylakottath illam informed about the under ground VIGRAHA. Then the whole village is trying to recover it from the soil. But because of mistakes in finding the exact position of Devi, one of the Pickaxe streightly made a small crack on the finger of Devi..That is presently telling that"vigraha " is not completed. Actually it is completed, but havinga small crack. as hindu religious facts, the "VIGRAHAS" of Devata, not to be cracked, it must nbe in single piece. "Thantri" made some handmade works by himself to make this crack coverd. After that he opens they eyes of devi and replaced the old one.'Angamaly' is said to be where Hyder Ali, the father of Tippu Sultan fought a war! These all are heresays, not much of historical or geographical evidences to show.: So when did the Idol got damaged and how did it happen? Who did it, Hyderali or Tippu Sultan? Anagam-aly is whereHyder Ali fought a war, not Tippu. Why did these invaders - Hyder and Tippu - focus on the place nowknown as Angamaly? What was so special about the 'now Angamaly' then? Why did Tippu not attack bigger and richer temples like Vadakkum Nathan etc? Its not the question why they focused at angamaly, it is true that when army moves through some town, if they see resistance they defenitely will fight and destroy the enemies. have to find out, who opposed Hyder and why it happened in anga...maly.Did this village play some significant role in such resistance??. Because the other famous temples of Maikkamangalam, Thiru nayathode, Kidangoor mahavishnu and Kothakulangara bhagavathi Survived the Army Movement.Army moved towards South through Alwaye, its in the Historic books. What is the force that made Sulthan to come over 03 kmaway on such a village, which is lesser importance than the other bigger one's. Vyaghrapuram alias Vaikkom is the only temple that has some reference to 'puranas'. Even Mookambika and Jyothiyaanikkara (Chottanikkara) are as old as Jagd Guru Sri Sankaracharyar only. The other temple to claim 'antiquity' is 'Aarattupuzha' where Param Guru Sri Vasishtar met Lord Ayyappa, to where Lord Sri Rama comes over to seek blessings of his 'KulaGuru Sri Vasishtar' during Pooram and all Gods, Godesses, Rishis, Munis...all come to seek blessings of Param Guru Sri Vasishtar duringthe Pooram to where Vengoor Durga Devi also used to go those days. The size of the people become smaller and smaller as 'yugas' go by. The shortest are we who are in Kaliyuga! Once Lord Sri Krishna took Bhima who had been stronger than 100 elephants to a large golden ring and asked Bhimato try and lift it. Bhima did it with great difficulty and suddenly the ring fall down and Bhima was inside the ring. Lord Krishna helped him out and asked Bhima 'any idea as to what is this'. Bhima had no idea.Then Lord Krishna said that this was the golden ring on the small finger of Sita Devi! Obviously Parasurama should have been even bigger in size! In one step he could have crossed the 'Kerala and Tamil Nadu'! Standing somewhere in Central India he could have done the 'Prathishta' in Vaikkom and elsewhere too! yes we are going in the right direction, a wider kerala (mis/managed) history is what we what we are looking into/ going to question? We would together go to the Kerala History, where I also have avery limited knowledge(all can help to improve it) --AND-- Let us think by remembering some facts 1. there is some debries of a fort near karukutty- their lies the resistance. 2. Tippu was not moving through the present NH47/17 /MC Road. But he was comming though the Fertile Sea/River bed - That is why he was in Paravur and also in Kanjoor 3. The system of worshipping a human like god itself is very new -Here I am strongly objecting to your or even my belief that the vengoor Durga Devi Temple was 'Prathistichathu' by Parasuraman. Go back to Histories.. M.C. road called as " MAIN CENTRAL ROAD", its the major route made in the period of Great " MARTHANDA VARAM" to exchange goods and services with "COCHIN KINGDOM".The skeletons of ex- check posts between Trava...ncore-Cochin still is there on Sreemoolanagaram,thiruviranikulam and tripunithura areas. He is not moving threw sea/river beds but threw "COCHIN KINGDOM", boundaried at Karukutty-paravoor thripoonithuraareas. Some areas in Angamaly included in Travancore and Some other in Cochin. M.C. Road ends at karukutty where the Kingdom endsbut Vengoor loyal to Cochin Rajah. Just think about like a MAJOR in an Army. It is risk to cross Periyar at Kalady becasuse of its wideness. There is another risk factor that when they are trying to cross threw kalady area, the Travancorearrows can kill them from the H...eights of Thannipuzha. It is good to cross threw Alwaye because of its widespread Sand beach,.Assumed that He attacked on April-May season, the hottest season of kerala. He never expect rain on that time, if rain also, theycan move to heights with in Hours. But the brain of Travancre Diwan to open the DAM and make flood on Periyar, beated the Great warrior "TIPPU SULTHAN". He never expect Flood on such climate and dried up river. Its in the Books that The Boarder fort ofTravncore "NEDUMKOTTAI " was some where at Alwaye. It is not to be easy to cross periyar threw Paravoor because Periyar become a great backwater on these areas and never good for such massive Army Movement. Also the Travancore Kingdom Bought some Forts in Kodungalloor from Dutch army to oppose th invasion of SULTHAN. This made Cochin Kingdom unhappy that paravoor underthe rulings of COCHIN RAJAHand some forts over there ruled by TRAVANCORE. May this lead to arun threw Paravoor..

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