Kannadikavu Thiravellattu | Vishnumaya Temple Thrissur

കണ്ണാടിക്കാവ് തിരവെള്ളാട്ട് | തൃശൂർ വിഷ്ണുമായ ക്ഷേത്രം | Kannadikavu Thiravellattu | Vishnumaya Temple Thrissur

Within three and three fourth Nazhika (A measure of time, One Nazhika being equal to 24 minutes) the pregnancy was completed and Sree Parvathy gave birth to Chathan Swami. The Goddess then appeared before her devotee Koolivaka and informed her of what had happened. She then bestowed on the baby the mark as well as the ornaments of Kailas and gave Koolivaka the responsibility of bringing up the baby. By the grace of God, the breasts of Koolivaka, who was still a virgin, started producing milk. Thus Chathan grew up as a smart boy in the forest drinking the milk of the forest maiden. There was a wild Bison that threatened the other animals as well as the foresters who lived there. One day it came to attack Koolivaka also. Chathan and his friend Karineelapetta Karimkutty decided to control the Bison that had attacked his foster mother. After a fierce fight in the Rudra forest, the Bison was brought under control. Chathan made the Bison his vehicle and riding on it, he came in front of his foster mother. With this incident Chathan became the hero of the forest. This son of Kailasam learned the martial arts and the art of magic from the teachers in the forest. Looked after fondly by his foster mother as well as all the animals in the forest, he became a well built and strong man by the time he was eight years old. All this while the Devas were somehow tolerating the actions of Bhrumgasura and waiting patiently for the time to come when Chathan could perform the duty associated with his incarnation. The day of the oracle of Vishnumaya in the Malayalam month of Makaram, is celebrated with Thiravellattu Mahotsavam.

Kannadikavu Thiravellattu | Vishnumaya Temple Thrissur

The festival of Chathan Swami starts with a procession of Kavadis from the temple of the Lord of Thriprayar. Once the Kavadi reaches the Kuttichathan Kavu there is the anointing ceremony which signals the beginning of the three day festivities of the Thira Mahotsavam. On the first day there will be meetings where leading personalities from the fields of art and culture, leaders of social and political groups and the prominent people from various communities participate. Devotees believe that if they can see and offer worship and offerings at the Roopakalam of Vishnumaya on that day, all the problems that they have been facing in life will be removed. The evidence for this belief is in the huge number of devotees who arrive here on that day.

Apart from the devotees many foreigners as well as those who are engaged in the study of traditional art forms come there to see the beautiful Roopakalam and witness the Thirayattam of the Thiramannans. The Thiramahotsavam at the of the Thiramannans. The Thiramahotsavam at the Kuttichathan Kavu is today as famous as the pilgrimage to Sivagiri. The innumerable devotees who participate in this,go back with a fully satisfied mind and higher spiritual thoughts. Lovers of the traditional orchestra like Nadaswaram,Pandimelam, Pancharimelam and Panchavadyam, get a chance to enjoy the best performance when the deity is taken out in a procession on the third day. All the different forms of the orchestra perform together as a grand finale and then come the grand fireworks.

EVENTS/PROGRAMS

• Procession of Kavadis
• Roopakalam
• Thirayattam
• Nadaswaram
• Pandimelam
• Pancharimelam
• Panchavadyam
• Grand fireworks