Ponmeri Temple Kozhikode Kerala | Sree Krishna Temple

Ponmeri Temple Kozhikode Kerala

The Sree Krishna Temple at Karatt and the Shiva Temple at Ponmeri have flamboyant paintings depicting Palazhimathanam (the story of the churning of the ocean of milk) from the Puranas.Lord Shiva is the main deity at Ponmeri temple. Ponmeri Siva Kshethram situated in Villiapally, Vadakara, Kozhikode district in Kerala state, India, is one of the major siva temple in north kerala. Centuries ago the renowned rulers of kadathanad constructed this great, grand and splendid Mahadeva Temple. The sanctum-sanctorum of the temple is unique and unrivalled. The presiding deity of the Temple is LORD SIVA. The peculiarity of the temple is the presence of 'Thrimurtees'- Brahma, Vishnu and Siva. In addition to the supreme deity Ganapathy, Bhagavathi, ankaraNarayana, Adithya, Boothathevar, Ayyappa, Subramaniyam are installed in the temple complex. Ponmeri Siva is fondly called 'Thiyyannur Appa'. Now the temple is absolutely under the control of the Malabar Devaswam Board. Kshetra Samrakshna Samathi plays a major role in temple renovation and development.

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