| Temples & Legends Of Kerala |
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remains apart yet integrated both borrower and creator. It is a place unlike any other
home of great living monuments.*** The rise of temples also saw the development of culture in all its aspects. The temple became the nervecentre of all cultural activities. Temple festivals were instituted with a view to making the Hindu religion more attractive. Festivals also gave an opportunity to people for the expression of their deepest spiritual cravings. Mamamkam Festival Of the temple festivals, two ancient ones deserve special mention for their historical importance, though they are extinct now. These are the Mahamagha festivals conducted at Tirunavay on the banks of the -Bharatapuzha near Tirur and the Onam festival of Trikkakara, nearErnkulam. Tirunavay was once famous for the pankerala assembly called Mamamkam. ***Architectural Developments of Kerala
Temples. Splendorous of Kerala, Marg Publications.
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