September 29, 2008

Temples on the foot-path

Our city Trivandrum has many "Tamil" characteristics. It's bacause of the closeness to Tamilnadu, and having a large Tamil population. One such characteristic is the presence of small temples, on the foot path !
Earlier, there was such a foot-path temple , at Pettah junction (opposite the Theatre). Over the years, inevitable changes did happen. The roads got widened, and many of such temples were vanished or shifted to convienient locations. But , the foot-path temple at Pettah, did get a more honorable place. I happened to see this last day, after a gap of about three years.
The temple is on the road side, just the foot path. It's grown well with a sign board and illuminated. It's a small room, the priest can just sit near the deity.
It's an "Amman Kovil". The name is interesting.. "Kaniyaatti Amman Kovil" ( കണിയാട്ടി അമ്മന്‍ കോവില്‍ ) .
I've here two snaps, for you to see.










































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