Showing posts with label Kanyakumari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kanyakumari. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 January 2022

Kanyakumari District Temples

PLACE

DESCRIPTION

Aralvaimozhi

Agaligai Uttru

Aralvaimozhi

Meenakshi Amman Temple

Aralvaimozhi

Sri Parakodi Kandan Sastha Temple

Aralvaimozhi

Thiruvavaduthurai Atheenam

Aralvaimozhi

Valiya Ejaman Thirukoil

Azhagiyapandiapuram

Sri Desachiriyal Veerava Nangai Temple

Azhagiyapandiapuram

Sri Kulasekaramudaiya Nayinar Temple

Bhoothapandi

Bhoothalingaswamy Temple

Chenbagaramanputhoor

Ancient Pillayar Temple

Chitharal

Chitharal Jain Monuments

Derisanamcope

Sri Raghaveswarar Temple

Echanthi Mangalam

Umaiiswarmudaiyanaiyanar kovil

Erachakulam

Sri Erukalangkavudaya Kandan Sastha Temple

Kanyakumari

Sri Bagavathi Amman Temple

Kanyakumari

Sri Guhanatheeswarar Temple

Kariamonickapuram

Kariamonicka Perumal Temple

Kurathiyarai, Thovalai

Rock Cut Vishnu Cave Temple

Madavilagam, Kadukkarai

Akkasalai Vinayagar Temple

Muppandal

Shri Esakki Amman Temple

Nagercoil

Sri Nagaraja Temple

Ozhuhinasery

Sri Chola Raja Temple

Parakkai

Perunjadai Mahadevar Temple

Parakkai

Shri Madhusoodhana Perumal Temple

Parthivapuram

Shri Parthasarathy Temple

Putheri

Sri Nainar Yogeeswaramudaiyar Temple

Suchindram

Thanumalayan Temple

Thalakudy

Avvaiyar Amman Temple

Thenparai

Thenparai Sri Thiyaga Vidangar Temple

Thirumadaivilakam

Sri Jayantheewarar Temple

Thirunanthikarai 

Thirunanthikarai Cave Temple

Thiruppathisaram

Thiruvazhmarban Temple

Thiruvattar

Adhikesava Perumal Temple 

Thiruvithamcode

Sree Neelakandaswamy Temple

Thovalai

Sri Kakkum Vinayagar Temple

Thovalai

Sri Krishnaswamy Temple

Vaduganpatru

Sri Agastheeswarar Temple

Vaduganpatru

Sri Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Temple

Veeravanallur

Sri Karpaka Vinayagar Temple

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 18 February 2020

Udayagiri Fort, உதயகிரி கோட்டை, Puliyurkurichi / Padmanabhapuram, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu.

 26th January 2020.
The visit to this Udayagiri fort at Padmanabhapuram in Kanyakumari District was a part of the Nanjil Nadu Heritage Walk organized by Yaaooyaakay and Celebrate Kanchi in association with the Tamil Nadu Tourism and Development Department, Kanyakumari, scheduled from 24th to 26th January 2020.
 

Udayagiri Fort was constructed with mud during the reign of Venadu King Sri Vira Ravi Varma (1595–1607 CE), and later it was reconstructed with stone in the reign of Marthanda Varma (1729–1758 CE ). The people of Nanjil Nadu made donations for the construction of this Fort. This fort served as a cantonment under De Lannoy, the Dutch Captain, who was captured as a war prisoner by Marthanda Varma and later appointed as commander of the Military equipment, including cannons. The cannons were manufactured and stored here. It also served as a Jail, where the soldiers of Tipu Sultan’s forces were kept towards the end of the 18th Century CE.

De Lannoy, who served as a captain of the army under the rulers of Travancore Marthanda Varma and Karthigai Thirunal Ramavarma, died in 1777 CE. A memorial tomb was erected for him in the Udayagiri Fort Campus, and it bears inscriptions in Tamil and Latin. The emblem of the Dutch  Government is also found in this tomb. Near his tomb are also seen the tombs of his wife Margarette De Lannoy and his son John De Lannoy, and Peter Flory, a second-rank army General.

A Church was built, and the roof was not erected. Inside the Church, there are tombs of De Lannoy’s family and other people. In addition to this, it was said that there is a tomb for the Horses of De Lannoy.

1.  Lannoy Tomb Inscription- டி லெனாய் சமாதியின் கல்வெட்டு வாசகங்கள்.
இந்த லொகத்திலே இருக்கிறவனெ கெள்
வெகுமானமுள்ள இசமானாகிய யளவுஸ்தாக்கியு  தெலலுவ திருவாங்கொட்டு
வலிய தம்பிரானுடைய செனைப்படைகளுக்கெல்லாம் பிறதானமுமாகிய சீவவிய
கப்பித்தாருமாயிருந்து ( 37 ), வருசமாக மிஞ்சின விசுவாசத்தொடெ
தம்பிரானைச் செவித்து கிளக்கெயிருந்து வந்த படைகளிலெ நடத்தின
காட்டிகங்களல்லாமல் காயங்குள முதல் கொச்சி வரைக்குந் திருமனதிலெ
காருண்ணியங் கொண்டும் ஆயுதங்களுடைய பலத்தைக் கொண்டும் தம்முடைய பெர்
கீற்த்தியைக் கொண்டும் மாற்றானாக வந்தவர்களை நடுநடுங்க விரட்டி அவர்களை
தம்முடைய இராசாவுக்கு கீள்ப்படுத்திக் கொடுத்து இந்த வெகுமானமுள்ள சேவுகத்திலெ
சாகுமட்டு மிளைப்பாறாமல் கஸ்த்திப்பட்டு சகல நன்மையு மடைகிறதுக்கு
பாத்திரவானுமாய் இருந்து கிடாட்சத்திலெ நிறைந்து (62) வயசும் (5) மீ
சுகமெயிருந்து (1777) வரு சூன் மீ (1) உ
மரணத்தை அடைந்து இந்த இடத்திலே  அடக்கப்பட்டிருக்கிறார்.
தமிள்க்கணக்கில் (952) வரு வைகாசி மீ 22 ஞாயிற்றுக்கிளமை
ரா என்றறியவும். இவருக்காக சறுவெசுரனைப் பார்த்து மன்றாடி பிராத்திச்சு இந்த
ஆற்றுமற்றுக்காக ஒரு பரமண்டல மந்திரம் ஓதிக்கொள்ளவும்.



2. Lannoy’s Wife Tomb Inscription
பூலோகத்திலே பரதேசியா யிருக்கிறவர்களே’
பாருங்கோ இந்தக் கல்லறையிலே
மிகவுங் கிற்திப்பட்ட பெரிய கற்பித்தா(ர்) யெவ தாக்கியு
வெந்து நெ லானொயிஸ் பெண்சாதீயாகிய
மரிகாத் தெ லானையில் அம்மாளுடைய
யெப்போதும் தாரமாயத் தற்மங்கள்
செய்ததினாலே யெல்லாருடைய வாய்னாலே
யெழியவர்களுடைய தாயா ரென்று பேர்பட்டவள்
(958) வரு ஆவணி மீ (29)
புதன் கிளமை மரித்து போனாள் யிந்த புன்ணியவதியுடைய
ஆற்றுக்காக வேண்டிக்கொள்ளவும்.

3. De Lannoy’s Son's Tomb Inscription
பூலோக்த்திலே பரதேசிக் கிறிஸ்தவனெ
நில்லு நினையுங்கோ
இவிடத்திலே யிருக்கிற
வலிய கப்பித்தாருட மகன் செறிய கப்பித்தான்
(யு)வான் இஸ்தாக்கியோ வெந்தொ தெல்னுவ (921)
வரு ஆவணி மாதம் (12) செவாயிக் கிழமைக்கு பிறந்து
(940) வரு சித்திர மாதம் ( 920 ) உ திங்கள்
கிழமைக்கு களக்காட்டுச் சண்டையிலே காயப்பட்டு
( 941 ) வரு புரட்டாசி மாதம் (9) உ சரீரம்
விழுந்து போகவும் செய்து அவருடய
ஆற்பனாவுக்கு உதவியாக
சறுவேசுவரனோடே வேண்டிக்
கொள்ளவும் ஆமென்.

4. பெதுரு புலோரி Tomb 
வயசு (33 ) பரமண்டலம்
வேண்டிக்கொள்ளவும்
இந்தவிடத்திலே வெகுமானப்பட்ட
பெதுரு புலோரி (39) வருடம்
விசுவாசத்துடனே மகராசா அவர்களே
சேவித்து இந்த கோட்டைக்கு
ரணடாம் பேர் உத்தியோத்திலே
இருந்து ( 955 ) பங்குனி மீ (16) உ
பொதன் கிளமை மரணம் அடையிந்து
போனார் வயசு ( 55 )
5.  W Rouse Cond Tomb
SACRED
To the memory of
The Rouse
Wife of W Rouse Cond
Who departed this life
22nd Dec 1811
Aged 60 Years
This Tomb has been erected
By the desire of her Daughter
Mrs Jane Leonard

6. Capt. A. R. Hughes' infant sons.
Here lies the
Remains of the
Infant son of Captn. A.r. Hughes
5 Reign: N:1
Born March 16: and
Died on July 31. 1812
Also, a second on
Alex Radford
Born March 12: and
Died October 7, 1813

7. Major. tomb 
இந்த யிடத்தில்
அடக்கப்பட்ட சரீரம்  திருவதங்கோட்டு
ராச்சியத்தில் சங்கை
பொறந்த முடிதரிக்கப்பட்ட
மகாராசர் அவர்கள் படை
றாணுகளில் மேசர் பிக்கசர்சாற்றிகள்
வுரெட்டு அவர்கள் வெகு
நாளாய் சேவகத்தில் சேவித்து
யிருந்து (978) வரு
புரட்டாசி மீ (11) மரணமடைந்தார்.



In addition to this, there are two tombs. They belong to Shree Mudiyil M K Kesava Pillai, who died in 1968, and his wife, Mrs. M K Kesava Pillai alias L Gourikutty Amma, who died on 19-07-1971. M K Kesava Pillai and his wife, who were the custodians of this property until the Tamil Nadu government acquired it for social forestry. This Fort was a gift from the then Maharaja to Divan Peshkar of Travancore, Sree M. K. Kesava Pillai. Now, a case is still pending in Chennai against the acquisition. 

 Tomb of Shree Mudiyil M. K. Kesava Pillai and his wife, Mrs. M. K. Kesava Pillai alias L. Gourikutty Amma.
 
The Fort is under the Control of the Forest Department, and a Biodiversity Park is functioning inside the Fort. There is a Temple also at the entrance of the Fort.

HOW TO REACH:
Udayagiri Fort is about 500 meters from Padmanabhapuram.
Padmanabhapuram is  18 km from Nagercoil, 40 km from Kanyakumari, 102 km from Tirunelveli, 275 km from Madurai, and 800 km from Chennai.

LOCATION OF THE FORT: CLICK HERE



 The Horse Tomb
 The way to De Lannoy Church
 Fort wall
  Fort wall
A Temple at the entrance of the fort
--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---

Monday, 17 February 2020

Thiruvithamcode Arapally / Royal Church / Thomaiyar Kovil / St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, Thiruvithamcode, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu.

26th January 2020.
The visit to this Christian Church at Thiruvithamcode in Kanyakumari District was part of the Nanjil Nadu Heritage Walk organized by Yaaooyaakay and Celebrate Kanchi in association with the Tamil Nadu Tourism and Development Department, Kanyakumari, scheduled from 24th to 26th January 2020. 


This was the 2nd temple visit on the third day after Thiruvithamcode Sree Neelakanda Swamy Temple. This place is spelled in different ways, such as Thiruvithancode, Thiruvithankodu, Thiruvithamcode, etc.

THIRUVITHAMCODE ARAPPALLY - Usually, the word Aram is used in Jainism, and Arapalli is the one School that teaches good habits. Jainism flourished in Kanyakumari, especially between the 3rd century and the 7th century. During that time, Jain monks practiced dhanas/gifts like Education, food, and oushadham/medicines. Jains call these Aram – அறம்.  Since St. Thomas also teaches the principles of Jesus, this place / Church might have been called Arapally.

The Church claims to be the world’s oldest living church in India  and is believed to have been built by St. Thomas, known as the apostle of India, in 57 CE (The actual year is not known), and the Cross was carved by him. The Church is known by different names like Thomaiyar Kovil, St. Mary’s Orthodox Church, Amalagiri Church,  and Thiruvithamcode Arappally.

It is also believed that this church was built during the reign of the Kerala King Perum Chottu Uthiyan Cheralathan. But there is no evidence to prove the same. The church might have been built in different stages. The entrance arch is built with stone beams and pillars. The beam has the bas-relief of a Cross and two persons in a worshiping posture. A small cross is on the top of the arch. A Kerala-style stone lamp is erected after the entrance arch. The altar is very simple. The main altar portion was built with granite stones quarried locally. The altar portion and prayer hall  are supported by pillars & pothyal / capital (like Hindu Temples). The roof has a slope on both sides and is paved with Mangalore tiles. The entrance to the prayer hall from the front hall has stone door jambs, and the lintel has Christian-related bas-reliefs. There are two side entrances  near the altar portion. The Church is 45 feet in length, 15 feet wide, and 10 feet high.

The Church’s Altar, baptism basin, and incense burner are believed to be from the Portuguese. On all three sides, new buildings like residences, an assembly hall, a library, and office rooms were built.  A stone Cross about 20 feet tall with a pedestal is erected in front of the Church. Jesus's life incidents are carved on the pedestal. In Addition to this, there is a tomb on the right side of the Church. The names of past Pastors, Rev. Fr. Yacoob, Rev. Fr. Alexander, Rev. Fr. Konattu Yacob, Very Rev. Fr. K V Gheevarghese Ramban, 14-07-1890 - 16-07-1970, are inscribed on a single tomb.
  
 A single grave of the past Pastors 

According to historians, the original church was built under the patronage of the King of Thiruvithamcode. The same was found in dilapidated condition about 80 years ago, and the same was reconstructed to its present state by the late Rev. Fr. Koottumkal Geevarghese Ramban. It is said that this church was reconstructed more than 5 times. This church is being maintained by the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. On 16th December 2007, Catholicos of the East, Baselios Marthoma Dydimas I, was declared a St. Thomas International Pilgrim Centre.


CONTACT DETAILS.
The landline +91 4651 250 216 may be contacted for further details.

HOW TO REACH:
The Place Thiruvithamcode is about 2 km from Thuckalay, 25 km from Nagercoil, 35 km from Kanyakumari, 107 km from Tirunelveli, 260 km from Madurai, and 800 km from Chennai.
The nearest Railway Station is Nagercoil.

LOCATION OF THE CHURCH: CLICK HERE







 A New Building 
A Stone Bowl
--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA---