who wrote these?"My sasthrikal was from Karamana gramam.My daughter in
law’s periappa who retired as chief Engineer from KSEB was a resident of
the gramam in own agraharam home. "
Devil?
Kareamana can be anyone's place. Gopalakrishnan as his name sounds born
and brought up all over Kerala streets. When i write he gets wild as he
does not read his own, . cut and paste. END KARAMANA is in HISTORY. KR IRS
20125
On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 at 11:05, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello friends,
>
> Are you reading this response by Mr Rajaram? I write about a temple at
> Karamama, Mr Rajaram responds about Karamana river. In Malayalam there is a
> saying- *"Ariethra- Payar Anju nazhi"*
>
>
> *"AS BRAHMINS DWINDLED THE RIVER IS ALSO POLLUTED LIKE SAIDAPET RIVER"-Mr.
> Rajaram only knows what dwindling he means. *
>
> *How far we can tolerate this copy paste?*
>
> *Gopalakrishnan*
>
> On Monday 20 January, 2025 at 10:49:39 am IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Karamana is a river flowing through the city of Thiruvananthapuram in
> Kerala, India. The river starts near the southern tip of the Western
> Ghats(Sahyadri Mountains) at Agastyar Koodam. The river flows 66 km
> westward and merges with the Arabian Sea at Panathura near Kovalam. The
> river gets its name from Karamana, a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram city,
> through which it flows. The catchment area is mostly forested, command area
> is under mixed dry land crops such as coconut, tapioca, pepper, plantain,
> rice, etc. Residents along the KARA (MANAI HOLDERS) WERE KARMANAS. We sold
> our property in the puthen st long ago though our relation Banker Ramasamy
> lived long enough. River culture was bharatha culture.
>
> Karanamana initially flows through the Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary
> and into the Peppara reservoir. It then flows through several hilly eastern
> towns of Thiruvananthapuram district namely, Meenankal, Cherappally,
> Utharamcode, Aryanad, Uzhamalackal, Mundela, Perumkulam and Aruvikkara. The
> Aruvikkara dam is built across the Karamana river at Aruvikkara. Downstream
> the river enters the Travancore plains and passes towns like Irumpa,
> Nettayamam, Peyad, Karimankulam, Perukavu, Vilavoorkkal, Choozhattukotta,
> Pappanamcode, Nemom and Thiruvallam. At Thiruvallam, the Karamana river
> divides into two distributaries. The northern distributary empties into the
> Arabian Sea near Poonthura and the southern distributary flows into the
> Pozhikkara estuary. The Edayar Island is situated between the two
> distributaries. The Karamana rises in the vicinity of the Agasthiarkoodam
> about 1600 m above the sea level. The peaks of origin of the river are
> today known as Chemmunji Motta and Aathiramala and its upper tributary
> rivers are the Kaaviyaar, Attayaar, Vaiyappadyaar and Thodayaar. The river
> flows for 66 kilometers in a south - southwest direction before flowing
> into the Arabian Sea. The largest tributary of the Karamana is the
> Killiyar, which flows for a distance of 24 kilometres. It has five anicuts
> on it which regulates the flow of water. Part of the water was diverted
> into the Kochar channel which in turn fed the Pathrakulam pond (no longer
> exists) adjacent to current Padmatheertha Kulam outside the Padmanabhaswamy
> Temple. There are several temples located along the Killiyar's banks, the
> most famous of which is the Attukal Temple. The Killiyar drains the
> Nedumangad forest and its basin is rich in avian fauna.Killiyar merges with
> Karamana river at Pallathukadavu near Thiruvallam.Karamana river merges
> with the Arabian Sea through the Pozhikkara estuary. In its final lap, the
> river runs parallel to the sea and the river here is known as the Edayar.
>
> The Karamana has been facing the problems of pollution,
> acidification and fish kill in recent years. The causes for the
> deterioration in the river's water quality include the discharge of
> untreated sewage and domestic and industrial effluents into the river and
> the unregulated development of tourism in the river basin area. This has
> resulted in the lowering of dissolved oxygen levels in the river's water
> and caused fish kill downstream of the river. Illegal mining of river sand
> is another significant threat being faced by the river. AS BRAHMINS
> DWINDLED THE RIVER IS ALSO POLLUTED LIKE SAIDAPET RIVER
>
> The beauty of the Karamana and the fact that it wound through forests
> earned the river the name Vanamala, the garland of the forest, in Sanskrit.
> It is referred to as the ‘Makaraakara’ river in the Jain ascetic Udyodana
> Suri's 8th century Prakrit text Kuvalayamaala. The Karamana river also
> closely influenced the development of music in Kerala. Some of the singers,
> instrumentalists and composers who are associated with the river include
> Irayimman Thampi, Vadivelu, Neelakanta Sivan and K S Chitra. Besides, the
> composer-king Swathi Thirunal was also influenced by the river's scenic
> beauty. Over a dozen of his court musicians hailed from the Karamana
> village on the banks of the river. VIDE MY KERALA HISTORY.
>
> K Rajaram IRS 20125
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: *'gopala krishnan' via iyer123* <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 at 07:55
> Subject: [iyer123] SREE GOMATHYAMBA SAMETHA SREE SATHYAVAGEESWARA SWAMY
> TEMPLE
> To: Iyer <[email protected]>
>
>
> *SREE GOMATHYAMBA SAMETHA SREE SATHYAVAGEESWARA SWAMY TEMPLE*
>
> KARAMANA , TRIVANDRUM.
>
> Dear friends,
>
> Today my posting is about the Siva temple( short name) at Karamana,
> Trivandrum. My residence quarters was about 1 KM away from the temple while
> working at Trivandrum for 13 years. The temple is in the gramam close to
> Bathing Ghat at Karamana river. While I was at Trivandrum I positively
> attended Upakarmam on the river banks and later visiting the temple.
>
> My sasthrikal was from Karamana gramam.
>
> My daughter in law’s periappa who retired as chief Engineer from KSEB
> was a resident of the gramam in own agraharam home. Hope a divine
> reading.
>
> Gopalakrishnan 20-1-2025.
>
> Community of Tamil Brahmins
>
> The Karamana Grama Brahmana Samudayam, is centuries old social community
> of the Tamil Brahmin Community of Karamana comprising Brahmin settlements
> spread over eighteen streets, now further expanded into peripheral area
> too. The Samudayam has an illustrious history and legacy and manages the
> centuries old famous Sree Gomathyamba Sametha Sree Sathyavageeswara Swamy
> temple, the presiding deities of the Gramam.
>
> About the temple
>
> The temple situates in the midst of Karamana Agraharam. Lord Shiva is the
> main deity, and is worshipped as *Sathyavageeswara, which means proponent
> of truth*. With Goddess Parvathy, reverred as Gomathyambal and also
> Avudai Ambal. The temple is one of Shiva Parivar (family of Lord Shiva)
> consists the deities of Lord Ganesa, Lord Subramanya and Lord Ayyappa and
> the Nandikeswara, the bull in all splendor guards the temple entrance.
>
> Legend
>
> The centuries old temple has its legend that Kharan who was a devout
> Shivabaktha had performed the “prathista” of the Shivalinga on the banks of
> Vanamala river which is now known as Karamana river.
>
> The temple over a period of time grew in prominence became a centre of
> vedic tradition and religious activities. The temple had only the prathista
> of Shivling. As the villagers got affected by frequent fire carnage, the
> villagers conducted ‘Deva Prasnam’ in which it was revealed that Lord Shiva
> needs a consort and one Devi Idol is lying in the pond of Madurai
> Meenakshi Temple. The Devi Idol was brought in palanquin on the shoulders
> of devout bhakthas (the palanquin bamboo is still kept at the temple). On
> installing the Devi, Lord Shiva was satiated and became benevolent. The
> temple is the life breath of the village.
>
> It is believed that the name of the place came to be called as *Khara-mana
> now spelt as Karamana*. Later Brahmin settlements came up with the
> Maharaja of Travancore, who took initiative to attract Vedic scholars from
> Tamilnadu to the capital city of Thirvananthapuram gifted lands for setting
> up homes for them.
>
> At present
>
> Now the devotees of Karamana Gramam throng the temple in the morning and
> evening. Due to the benevolence of Siva Parivar, every family in the
> village is leading a satisfied and peaceful life.
>
> *All the Original Tamil Brahmin settlers of Karamana Agraharam forms the
> Karamana Grama Samudayam members*. From these members, the President,
> Secretary And Treasurers are elected along with Executive Members From Each
> Street.The apex decision making body of the Samudayam is the KGS Executive
> Committee.
>
> Address of the temple and contact number
>
> Lord Siva temple,
>
> Karamana Thiruvanthapuram 695002
>
> 0471-2345667
>
> [email protected]
>
> [email protected]
>
> Festivals
>
> Thaipoosam ,sivarathri ,navarathri, kanda shashti and Pankuni Uthram are
> celebrated in the temple.
>
> A compilation about the temple by P.R.Ramachander
>
> The Karamana Temple is situated in the middle of Karamana Agraharam of
> Trivandrum. It is believed that sage Khara consecrated the Shiva idol
> on the Karamana river bank( once called Vanamala river) facing south and
> worshipped it, he called it SAthya Vagheeswaran (God who protects truth)
> .Since it was place where Khara lived , it was called “khara mana” and
> later it became kara mana
>
> Over years the place attracted lot of Vedic Scholars who started
> living around the temple . They were once attacked by epidemics and “deva
> prasna(questioning god) “ revealed that they have to consecrate a
> goddess also in this temple. One of them got a dream that the statue
> of the Goddess is available in the Madhura temple pond. The villagers went
> to Madhura Temple and searched in the pond and got a devi statute. *It
> seems it was a rejected statute of Madurai temple and they called it
> “aavudai amman*” . That Devi Idol was brought in palanquin on the
> shoulders of devout bhakthas (the palanquin bamboo is still kept at the
> temple).This goddess was consecrated in the same room as Lord Shiva.,
> towards his left side This is extremely rare phenomena .
>
> *In most of the Shiva temples , if Amman is there she is consecrated
> in a separate temple*
>
> Though the goddesx is referred to as Avudayamman , she is also called Madhura
> Meenakshi as well as Gomathi Amman and the temple is known as Sri
> Gomathyamba SAmedha Sathya Vagheeswara temple.
>
> After the consecration of the Goddess , the village became prosperous and
> the Travancore king of those days presented land around the temple to
> Tamil speaking Brahmins
>
> The temple also has huge Nandi made of one stone as well as sub
> temples for Lord subrahmanya , Lord Ganesa and Lord Ayyappa. There is a
> trange practice of ringing bells before opening the temple
>
> The most important festival in the Temple is Thai posam (12 days)
> During which there is procession of Amman and Theethavari), Nava Rathri
> , Akshaya trithiya, Skanda sashti , Vinaya chathurthi etc. There is
> puspabhishekam to the God Shiva in month of Makaram
>
> Opening time
>
> The temple is open from 5.15 Am to 11.30 Am, and 5.30 Pm to 8.45 Pm
>
> The temple can be contacted by telephone 0471-2345667
>
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