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Location:
Moozhikkalam
near Alwaye
(Malai Naadu)
Vishnu: Moozhikkalattappan (Lakshmana
Perumaal)
Taayaar: Madhuraveni
Naachiyaar
Theertham:Shankha Theertham
Paasuram :Nammalwar
Vimaanam:Soundarya Vimanam
Travel Base:Ernakulam
Description The
Lakshmana Perumaal temple is located at Tirumoozhikkalam near Alwaye.
The presiding deity Lakshmana Perumaal is considered to be none other
than Vishnu. The Triprayar Rama temple and the Koodalmanikyam Bharata
temple are related shrines located in this part of Kerala.
This
is an ancient temple, glorified by the tamil hymns (Tiruvaimozhi) of Nammalwar
one of the 12 Vaishnavite Alwars of the 1st millenium CE.
This shrine is associated
with legends from the Ramayanam. Legend has it
that while Bharata the brother of Rama and Lakshmana, came to invite Rama,
then in exile, to take over the reins of the kingdom, an angry Lakshmana
suspecting Bharata's intentions, offered prayers to Vishnu at Tirumoozhikkalam;
however, Bharata's innocence was very soon revealed, and then the two
of them offered worship together at Tirumoozhikkalam.
Inscriptions
from the 11th century CE are seen in this temple. A vritta (circular)
vimanam crowns this temple whose base is of stone, and the rest of the
superstructure being laterite, stucco and timber.
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