Ettumanoor Mahadeva temple is an ancient Shiva temple located in Ettumanoor, Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. Considered to be the oldest temple in the state of Kerala, the temple is believed to have been a common site of worship by the Pandavas and Sage Vyasa in the ancient days.
The present temple with it's gopuram and the fortress around it ,was reconstructed in 1542 AD.There are Dravidian mural paintings on the walls inside and outside of the entrance.
The temple roofs are covered with copper sheets,and it has 14 ornamental tops. Bhagavathy, Sastha ,Dakshinamoorthy, Ganapathy and Yakshi are installed here as subordinate deities.
Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple hosts the arattu festival, celibrated on the Tiruvathira day in February-March each year. Many people come to the temple on 8th and 10th day of festival, when seven and a half elephants made of gold will be held in public view The statue was donated to the temple by a travencore maharaja.
Ezhara Ponnana refers to the seven large sized and one small sized-golden elephant,all of which are kept in the temple vault and btaken out once a year for darshan by the devotees.According to legend,they were presented to the temple by Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma,the founder of the Travecore kingdom.
The Zhara Ponnana Darshan is one of the high point of the temple festival,held at midnight on the 8th day of the ten-day festival.
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