KOTTAYIL
KOVILAKAM AMBALAM OR GOVINDAPURAM TEMPLE
No annual festival or Ulsavam in this ambalam.
A hill temple at Chendamangalam. The hillock is 100 feet high. the archeological
department has taken cognizance of the ancient Vishnu shrine in
the now extinct Villarvattom Palace. Lajahoma (Malar Nivedya)
here pleases the Lord and blesses the couple with a son. From the palace
site to Paliam a tunnel has been discovered. At the base of the hillock
on which the temple stands, there is a mosque, a church and a synagogue
proclaiming the communal amity of the old days.
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