Sree(Pareekkatavu) Kurumba BhagavathI Temple Dharmatam

Sree(Pareekkatavu) KurumbaBhagavathi Temple Dharmatam 

Route:- 5 kms north of Thalasseri,and half km west of Meethalepeetika

Dateable to 15th century.The idol of this temple is swayambhoo.

Deities The sanctum sanctorm is within a palliyara(resembling a naalukettu) A peetha represent the deity and it is treated as swayambhoo.For Cheriya bhagavathi and Dandan there are only sankalpa sthaanas and no idols

The legends  Goddess Kurumbabhagavathi of Kaithaatt,near Valapattanam,proceeded towards south by sea along with Her body-guard Dandakan and other maids and reached here.She first visited Thaazheppuraand Valiyapurahouses and finally the present abode belonging to AaangaloorNayanaar family. It is said that prior to visit of Goddess ,there was another temple here in earlier times dedicated to Lord Vishnu.Being a sacred site She decided to to make Her presence felt at the site.

sub shrine of Dandan

2 The Goddess gave darsan to one ardent devotee and She directed him to be the narthakan (dancer)of the temple.He is known as Aayaththaar.Once an aayaththaar is dead ,it is difficult to find out a successor,since a person could be an Aayaththaar from that family only if he gets a vision and direction of the Goddess to take up the assignment for conducting poojas.As this was the practice ,the temple had on several occasions,no Aayaththaar.In the absence of Aaayaththaar, the karanavar of Thaazheppura family has the right to conduct pooja.The komaram of Dandakan known as Maanakkan hails from Ezharakkaran family .As in the case of Aayaththaar, the Maanakkan is also determined as per the vision of the Goddess. In case of absence of vision the right of acting as komaram also vests with a person belonging to Thaazheppura family.

The temple is kept open on all Tuesdays and Fridays and deepaaraadhana held at 6 am and 6.45 pm 

Offerings Gingellyoil,pattu(redsatin),ilaneer,sarkkiarapaayasam are the main offerings 

Festivals 

 Thaalappoli(if Aayaththaar of the temple is present),

Pooramaholsavam (8 days in Meenam)

,shivaraathri,navaraathri,10th Thulam.

The Thantri belongs to Velloor illam of Edakkaatu

Sreeraamatemple(Antaloorkkaavu)Dharmatam

Antaloorkkaavu Dharmatam

root:-8kms north ofThalasseri at Antaloor via Meethalepeedika and Chirakkuni

The abode of Naagas

The legend-A portion of the sparkemnated from the chaapakhandm(brokenbow)of Lord Rama at the time of Seethaaswayamvaram fell at thaazhekkaavu and split into 3.Experiencing the immaculate power of the 3 pronged spark Sage Narada directed Lord Parashuraamma to install 3 powers each spark representing viz Daivaththaar,Ankakkaaran and Bappooraan.The sankalpa of the deity of thaazhekkaavu is SEETHA .Since the khanta (portion)of vill(bow)fell at this place it got the name khanta-vill -oor and by usage it became ANTALOOR

it seems it's Festival day

Deities Rama,Lakshmna,Hanuuman
The main deity is Sreerama made of panchaloham in the form of hand mirror.

Sreeraama(Daivaththaar)sreekovil

 The idol of Sreelashmana is without any form.The idol of Anjaneya is made of panchaloham. During festival days kolams are staged but the names of these deities are Daivaththaar,Ankakkaaran and Bappuran

sreekovil of Anjaneeya

Time of worship The temple is kept openon all days from 5-8.30 am and5-8.30pm 

Temple on Festival day

 Offerings-45 items of vazhipaatus -pushpaanjali,sarkkarappaayasam,neyyuppaasyasam,

paalpaayasam,niravilakku appam are important

 The moolasthaanam of the Temple ,known as Thaazhekaavu was about 210 meeters north of the present temple

Festivals  It is a regional festival for 7 days from 1st-7th kumbham
1st day thengathaakkal
2nd day chakka thaazhthal,chakka ezhunnallaththu
3rd day kutavaravu from Meloor
onthe 4th day kettiyaattams ofNagakaanthan,Nagabhagavathi,Vettakkorumakan,
bappooran 

On dusk of the 4th day The ritual ofThirumutiveppuof Daivaththaar(Sreerama) Ankakkaaran(Lakshmna)and Bappooraan(Sree hanuumaan)followed by nerchavaangal and aattangal based on the theame es of Ramaayana.After midnight thirumuti azhichupaachal is held followed by kettiyaattam

on the 5th and 6th days major items are nerchavaangal,ezhunnallaththu to thazhekkaavuand Melekkaavu and kettiyaattam in all these 7days fire works are held at mid night All devotees in the locality observe vrithafor the 7 days of festival by taking strict vegetarian diet with aval malar and fruits as special menu 

The major performing is theyyam kettu A notable feature is the participation of people irrespective of religion,cast or creed

THANTHRI IS FromVELLOOR ILLAM 
and 
Saanthikkaaran is from thiyya community