We are happy to introduce the small village Thiruvattar (Tamil:
திருவட்டார், Malayalam: തിരുവട്ടാര് ). It is located in Kanyakumari
District of Tamilnadu, in between the towns of Marthandam and Kulasekharam.
It is about 6 kilometer from Marthandam. Here the most important thing to
say is the name of the place, Thiru (sacred) + vatt (surrounded) + aru
(river). The two main rivers
Parallaiyar (which is originating
from Mahendragiri) and
Kothaiyar (which originating from
Kothaiyar lake) surrounded the village and giving the name.
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A check dam in Parallaiyar near Thiruvattar (Now replaced with a bridge)
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Since it is watery place, the mud will be always wet, so main occupation of
this village is Brick making. Also we can find the coconut, banana and
rubber plantations.
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A brick furnace
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A brick furnace
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Brick furnace in misty morning
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Banana Plantations
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Here the important place to introduce is
Sri Adikesavaperumal temple, is
one of the 108 holy Vishnu temples (105 located in India, 1 in Nepal and 2
in the non physical world). Architecture of this temple is Kerala Style.
This temple is older than the Sri Padamanabhaswamy temple in Trivandrum.
The architecture and style of this temple has been followed by Sri
Padamanabhaswamy temple in Trivandrum. Compared to Sri Padmanabhaswamy
temple in Trivandrum this temple is small. Differences between two temples
are, in Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple Trivandrum Lord Vishnu facing towards
east and in Sri Adikesavaperumal temple towards west. In this temple
status of Lord Vishnu is made up of Kaduku (mustard), chippi (lime powder)
and sarkara (jaggery). Sculptures and mural paintings of this temple are
amazing. Really we have to appreciate the sculptors those who designed the
temple.
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East entrance of Adikesavaperumal Temple
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| West entrance of Adikesavaperumal Temple |
The pujas are done in this temple are same as Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple
at Trivandrum. In the month of April every year, 10 days of festival is
going on here. During those days main cultural program of this temple is
Kathakali. 10th day of festival
with the Arattu (holy bath of god)
and Kambakettu (fire works), they
will put and end to the festival.
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Member of Travancore Royal family is leading the Aaraattu Festival
of Adikesavaperumal Temple
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Procession of Idols in the Aaraattu Festival of Adikesavaperumal
Temple
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Procession of Idols in the Aaraattu Festival of Adikesavaperumal
Temple
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Procession of Idols in the Aaraattu Festival of Adikesavaperumal
Temple
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Procession of Idols in the Aaraattu Festival of Adikesavaperumal
Temple
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Kathakali is performed everyday for Adikesavan during the festival
days
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If we say about the environment of this temple, wow !, what a pleasant
environment ? Fresh breeze with the nice smell of flowers. If we come
around the temple everyday, it will be very good exercise to our body and
our mind also will be very pleasant. People who come to Thiruvattar surely
they will visit this temple. Near by Thaliyal Mutharamman temple and Lord
Siva temple also famous here. Often film shootings are taking place here.
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A devotional video album song shooting
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A children's park is also functioning adjacent to Adikesavaperumal Temple
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| A lonely way |
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Sunset view from Thiruvattar
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Moovattumugam is hamlet
nearby this village, here two rivers Parallaiyar and Kothaiyar combine
together and forms Kuzhithurai River and it move towards Arabian Sea.
Aruvikkarai
is a hamlet nearby this village. Here we can feel the expression of the
water through dashing on the rocks, jumping over the rocks, dancing on the
rocks and spreading beads in the bank of the river. Really it is wonderful
and gives pleasure to our mind.
In Thiruvattar and its surroundings there are many schools such as Govt.
Primary School and High School, NVKS (CBSE syllabus), Excel Central School
(ICSE syllabus), Arunachalam Higher Secondary School, which is the first
management school (AD 1928) in the surroundings also the great playback
singer
Mr. Kamukara Purushothaman was the
principal of this school and former ISRO chairman
Dr. G. Madhavan Nair had been done
his Higher Secondary education. People of this village speak both
Malayalam and Tamil.
The famous cultural artists also took born in this village. Old play back
singer Mr. Kamukara Purushothaman,
his carnatic music master Mr. Arumugam Pillai, Mr. Krishna Pillai
Bhagavathar (Musician), Mr. Thankappan, Mr. Velukutty (Nadhaswara
vidhwans), Bhaskara Pillai, Krishna Pillai (Thavil masters), Nellamma
Pillai (Musician),
Thankan Thiruvattar (Lyricist).
Still here the people are trying to stay back the arts among the new
generations.
Police Station, Bus depot, Registrar office, Post Office, International School, State Bank of
India (ex-SBT), Canara Bank, Indian Bank, Pandyan Grama Bank all these facilities are available here.
How to reachTrivandrum to Marthandam – 39 KM (NH47
Trivandrum-Kanyakumari)
Marthandam to Thiruvattar – 6 KM (Marthandam –
Pechipparai Highway)
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