Marangattupally

St. Francis Church
Officiated in 1828, St. Francis church is now under Pala diocese. This fairly big parish has more than 700 families.

Cheradi Bhagavathi Temple
Cheradi Kavu is one of the important Hindu worship places in Marangattupilly, manages by Travancore Devaswom Board. Durga is the main Idol in this Devi Temple. Meena Pooram is the annual festival. Kumbhakudam, Kalam Karikkal, Para Eduppu, Pooram Idi etc. are the main "Vazhipadu". Deeparadhana with Thiruvaabharana Chaarthu is another specialty on the festival day. Recently the temple has been renovated in a great way.

Andoor Mahadeva Temple
Sri Mahadeva Temple is also another Hindu worship place situated in Andoor, Kozhikombu. This is the only Shiva temple in the region. The temple is situated in Andoor kara in Maramgattupilly panchayath of Kottayam district. It is 200 meters south of’ Illickal Thazhe’ stop in Pala – Vaikom route.

Andoor Gandharva Temple
It is a very rare gandharva temple as the ‘Prathishta’(Presiding deity) in the main ‘sreekovil ‘ (sanctum sanctorum ) is ‘Gandharva with Yakshi on his laps’. It is a very special feature of the temple and no other Gandharva temple have this. Besides the presiding deity, there are sub-deities such as ‘Bhagavathi’ facing west, and "sastha’ Rakshas’ and ‘Guru’ facing east. The centuries-old temple is believed to be built by the then local Nair lords of Pallattu family. The temple and its properties are preserved and maintained by four families of the ancient Pallattu family.A committee of devotees are also present and this committee looks after the day-to-day activities of the temple.

Usually, the temple is opened for poojas in two days in a month(Malayalam era) i.e., the star day "Thiruvonam’ forThiruvona pooja and the end of every Malayalam month for ‘Samkranthi pooja’.


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