Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple

Highlights

• Ettumanoor Mahadeva temple is an ancient Shiva temple in Kottayam, Kerala, India.
• The place's name had its mythological origin from the word 'man oor' in Malayalam, which means the place of deer, as 'maan' means deer and 'oor' means place.
• Another version is that the name originated from the 'Ettu Mana Ooru', that is, 'The Land of Eight Namboothiri Manas' or 'Ashta Grihas'.
• These Eight Manas (Brahmin families) are the original Ooralans of the great Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple.
• It is also believed that at this place (ooru) Lord Siva appeared in eight (Ettu) different forms (maanam) and hence the name Ettumanoor.

Dress Code

Modest, respectful clothing is expected at this site.

Festivals

• •Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple hosts the arattu festival, celebrated on a grand scale on the Thiruvathira day in February–March each year.
• •Many people come to the temple on the 8th and 10th day of the festival, when seven and a half elephants (in Malayalam: ezharaponnaana) made of gold (nearly 13 kg) will be held in public view.
• •This statue was donated to the temple by a travancore maharaja.
• •The temple, one of the wealthiest Devaswoms in Kerala, has many valuable possessions.

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