It is almost a week since we came to Palghat from Mumbai to start my retired life. As my house was not completed we had decided to stay with my Uncle’s house in Vaidyanathapuram. My uncle hails from a village called Ayakad, about 20 kms from Palghat.
When he announced that Kumbabhisekam is being celebrated at this Ganapathy temple and he is planning to go, we decided to start our journey of visits of temples from there and hence we decided to join him.
So we left in the morning around 9.30 am and after a beautiful drive for an hour we reached this village. We cruised along the NH47 towards Trichur till we reached Vadakkenchery and took a turn towards right to Ayakkad. This Vadakkencherry is in Palghat district as there is one more Vadakkenchery in Trichur district,
It was fun driving in the small roads which had paddy fields on both sides and finally we reached the village. I was quite pleasantly surprised to see the village temple and quite number of cars . The temple of MahaGanapathy is a small temple and looks quite prosperous. Vedic chants filled the air as number of Brahmins staying in the village and visitors from outside participated in this last day of the Kumbhabhisekam festival.
We were able to witness different types of abhisekam taking place live. Quite an interesting abhisekam was the one made of coconut water. After these abhisekams the idol which was about two feet in height was decorated with sandalwood paste,
The young priests who took over the decorations made a very professional job and ultimately the Vigneswar was looking wonderful. Later Puja by the priests took place and by now we were quite hungry.
Meanwhile we went around the Gramam and saw the old house which belonged to my uncle. Quite a nice house but has been modernised for the latest facilities. It was noticed that most of the houses in the Agraharam has been dilapated .We proceeded for the temple lunch. This was provided inside the temple. All of us sat down on the ground and had a full meal. The village youngsters were the persons serving us. It was a proper Sadya (feast) and was very tasty.
The old temple and surroundings were looking prosperous and we were told that people around the globe belonging to this village are regularly participating in the upkeep and maintenance of this temple and hence it is quite heartening to notice that the old culture of taking care of your ancestral village is becoming popular.
One of the main dishes at the feast was RASA KALAN the recipe of which we are trying to give below for all to try.All in all a very enjoyable outing.
When he announced that Kumbabhisekam is being celebrated at this Ganapathy temple and he is planning to go, we decided to start our journey of visits of temples from there and hence we decided to join him.
So we left in the morning around 9.30 am and after a beautiful drive for an hour we reached this village. We cruised along the NH47 towards Trichur till we reached Vadakkenchery and took a turn towards right to Ayakkad. This Vadakkencherry is in Palghat district as there is one more Vadakkenchery in Trichur district,
It was fun driving in the small roads which had paddy fields on both sides and finally we reached the village. I was quite pleasantly surprised to see the village temple and quite number of cars . The temple of MahaGanapathy is a small temple and looks quite prosperous. Vedic chants filled the air as number of Brahmins staying in the village and visitors from outside participated in this last day of the Kumbhabhisekam festival.
We were able to witness different types of abhisekam taking place live. Quite an interesting abhisekam was the one made of coconut water. After these abhisekams the idol which was about two feet in height was decorated with sandalwood paste,
The young priests who took over the decorations made a very professional job and ultimately the Vigneswar was looking wonderful. Later Puja by the priests took place and by now we were quite hungry.
Meanwhile we went around the Gramam and saw the old house which belonged to my uncle. Quite a nice house but has been modernised for the latest facilities. It was noticed that most of the houses in the Agraharam has been dilapated .We proceeded for the temple lunch. This was provided inside the temple. All of us sat down on the ground and had a full meal. The village youngsters were the persons serving us. It was a proper Sadya (feast) and was very tasty.
The old temple and surroundings were looking prosperous and we were told that people around the globe belonging to this village are regularly participating in the upkeep and maintenance of this temple and hence it is quite heartening to notice that the old culture of taking care of your ancestral village is becoming popular.
One of the main dishes at the feast was RASA KALAN the recipe of which we are trying to give below for all to try.All in all a very enjoyable outing.
It is apparent that your second innings is going to be as grand as the first.Please upload ,if possible a few photographs of the temples you visit for lesser mortals.
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Good one
ReplyDeleteUncles name pls bec m also frm ayakkad village
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