Vadakkanthara Temple and area around it.
In my last blog I described about the Hemambika temple, The Common Wealth tile factory, Jainimedu and the Jain temple over there. Now I will take you to one of the most famous temples in Palakkad. As I have mentioned in my first blog, Palakkad is a mix of cultures. The Vadakkanthara temple or the Thirupurakkal Bhagwati temple located at Vadakkanthara is a classic example of cultural harmony. The name vadakkanthara can be split to vadakkan and thara. Vadakkan means northern and thara means locality. But why it is named like this that I still couldn't find. The temple, as I mentioned earlier is one of the most famous temples in Palakkad. The diety of the temple is Karnaki/ Kannagi. The story behind the temple is connected with the Tamil epic Silappathikaram written by Tamil Poet Ilango Adigal some where between 100-300 A.D. The story is that of a Tamil women named Kannagi and her husband Kovalan who were living at a port town called Puhar. Both of them belongs t