TIRUVANGAD - SRI RAMA TEMPLE 
DORRIL, THE BRITISH OFFICER

The origin of this famous temple is elaborately described in legends and sthalapurana. And many incidents that occurred in the precincts are imbued with mystery. Along with the moolavar Sri Rama, another deity? Porkali Bhagawati too played a very great role and enhanced tile9fory of the temple. It is a very big temple occupying six acres of land making provision for parivara devatas of all sects, as a matter of fact. The temple's pushkarini occupying two acres of land is its another plus point. And it is the only temple in Kerala having a tall pagoda covered with brass sheets instead of tiles as seen here in all temples.

The glory of this shrine is described in sacred scriptures in several languages such as Kerala Mahatmyam in Sanskrit. Keralotpati in Malayalam and Malabar Manual in English and devotional literature too is embodying a great corpus of valuable information right from the days of Agasthya to the present day. In the works of art many critics shed enough light on the architectural marvels. making this into a worth-seeing holy temple of eternal importance.

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