The service of old committee

• The temple’s rehaibilation was first done under the leadership of Sree B Shesha Ayyer. It was during this time, the lost property of  temple; i.e, the temple pool was got back.
• Ayyapa temple was built by the Sree Ayyappasamithi. All devotees and natives of temple are thankful for their service.

Activities of Sreekovil rebuilding

• Using “Paluruppu” tree the roof of sreekovil is to be rebuilt and then it should be bronzed.
• Flooring should be done using granite.
• To rebuild “namaskara Mandapam “ in front of the sreekovil
• After this it is decided that Brahmakalasham should be done and festival should be conducted.

Other activities to be done

• To rebuild and to clear out the ruin of temple well and convert it into holy well
• To use granite for flooring the entire temple. About 5000 square feet should be floored with granite and 8 lakh rupees is estimated for its completion
• To build “Nadapura” around the temple and to built “mandapam” in front of temple. An amount of 15 lakh is estimated for this.
• To build a fence around the temple and build turret (gopuram) on 4 sides of temple. An amount of 1 crore rupees is estimated for the same.
• To renew and clean the pond of temple.

The Vivification of temple

Phase 1

• Lord Ganapati was Reinvestitured in “Kannimoola” of the temple.
• “Kannadi Prathista” was done for the spiritual presence of Lordess Devi. “Gurusi” was also done
• Sree Subramanyaswami temple was built and decided to do special poojas like “shashitavratha” etc.

A special place was given for the spiritual presence of great saints

Phase 2

Sree Maha Vishnu Temple

The investiture of Sree Mahavishnu God was done by Brahmasree Thekineyeduthu Tharananelloor Padhmanabhanunni Namboothiripadu on 24 may 2001. By this, the spiritual presences of Lord Shiva & Lord Vishnu were united in this temple and so the spiritual presence of Lord and Lordess were completed as seen in “swarnaprasnam”. This land is very much blessed to witness such exceptional phenomenon which is rarely seen in Kerala and so Chovva became a major pilgrimage land in Kerala.

Saraswathi Mandapam

It was built in the premises of temple and was inaugurated on 29 August 2000 by Sree Dakshinamoorthy, a music legend. Devaswam secretary Miss Lalithambika chaired the occasion. This mandapam was built to make this temple a center for cultural innovation. For the past 9 years classes were conducted for more than 500 children on drawing, classical music, musical instruments like Tabal, Mridhangam, Harmonium etc. every Saturday and Sunday classes are being held by service minded teachers.

“Dwijaprathishta”

The mast (Kodimaram) is considered to be the backbone of a temple. A suitable tree is selected for the purpose and felled down considering certain ‘signs’ of the tree. It is called “dwijaprathishta” since the tree is reinvested in front of the temple. The tree had a first life and then it is fell down and replaced in front of the temple to have its second life for centuries. It is believed that such trees are very much blessed by the almighty and its because of that blessing it got a chance to live its second life in front of the temple.

This investiture (prathishta) was done by Vazhaparambil shishyan kanjanniyil pazhangamparamb Illathu Sree Unnikrishnan Namboothiripad of Thrissur

Chuttambalam and Vathilmadam

Sreekovil is the spiritual center of temple. Chuttambalam (fence surrounding sreekovil) and Vathilmadam (main door or entrance to sreekovil) was built which suited the temple.

Phase 3

The rebuilding of Sreekovil is to be done next. It is estimated that 75 lakh rupees is needed for this. “Sree yajurvedha Rudrayatnam” was done to increase the spiritual energy of main idol.

Sree Yajurvedha Rudrayatnam

This was done from January 1 to 12, 2008 under the guidance of Yatnacharya Brahmasree Thekiniyeduthu Tharananelloor Padhmanabhanunni Namboothiripad. This yatna is done to seek blessings of Lord Shiva for starting the rebuilding of Sreekovil.

The temple committee

The devotees and natives of temple wanted to vivify the temple. They wanted the temple to progress and by the blessing of lord Shiva all the natives, devotes attended a meeting under the chairing of Chirakkal Kovilakkam executive officer Mr. Soman. The different committee so far in the temple joined together by the blessing of Lord Shiva and a committee was formed whose motto was vivification of temple. Committee president Mr. P N Sasikumar, General Secretary Mr. A M Balakrishnan, Promoter Mr. K Madhavan, and Chirakkal Kovilakkam Trustee Mr. Bala Guruswami were elected and they started working for the progress of temple.

In 1998 January 1, 2, 3, world famous Pandit Sree Parapangadi Unnikrishnan “swarnaprasnam” was done. According to that the committee decided to make Sree Chovva Maha Shiva Temple into a big complete temple.

Gurusthanam

Sree Chovva Maha Shiva temple was once a venue for many great yagas and poojas. Many great Guru’s and saints have done pooja and yaga here. Their spiritual presence also adds glory and fame to the temple. Some people have felt the spiritual presence near by temple area. Many idols from other temple also seek blessings from here and accept the spiritual energy from the temple. There is a special “Gurusthanam” (place for guru) in north of temple.

The Story Of Temple

A few 100 years ago the temple was under the administration of “Uralan’s” (Landlords). The temple was rich under Uralan’s which constituted almost 71 landlords. The Brahmins houses were prosperous by the spiritual blessing of temple. But the coin turned upside down by the invasion of Tippu Sultan. He tried to destroy the spirituality of temple completely but he couldn’t completely destroy it. He forcibly converted most of the Hindu’s into his religion. He brutally killed and destroyed the people who stood against mass religion conversion. He looted and plundered the temple and turned into a war land. Tippu sultan’s army failed to destroy the Lord Shiva idol due to its spiritual strength. They were not able to touch it and destroy the idol. During the vivification of temple lately, ancient bomb, bomb parts were recovered. This was an evidence for those terrible days of temple. After that the administration of temple came to stand still. The assets of temple were gone and hence the glory.

Lordess Devi’s spiritual presence was in the west of temple. After the Tippu sultan’s invasion the assets & land were taken over by some people, they discovered the remains and ruins of temple. The y had to experience many terrible things due to high energy presence. Soon they sold their property for any amount. The people who bought that place also had to face such strange incidents and they were forced to sell their property. Later on government took over the property and builds the water tank there.

It is said that there were many underground pathways and caves near temple area. During house construction in near by area such caves were found. It is also said that the pond near national highway also belonged to the temple.

The Legend of Temple

Kannur is so named because it is believed that it is the house of Lord Krishna. Adhikadalay, Kadalay is blessed by the spiritual presence of Lord Krishna. Kannur was famous even before “dwaparayuga”. It is believed that Saint Kanwa has visited this place during his peregrination. It is also believed that Kannur is the place of Kanwa Maharshi (saint) hence the name Kannur. It is on that basis a belief came that the main idol “Shivalinga” was investiture by Kanwa Maharshi in dwaparayuga. 

Sree Chovva Shiva Temple

It is one of the most important temples in Kannur District in Kerala  where there is equal importance for Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu & Lordess Mahadevi.this is one of the ancient temples where main investiture was done by Kanwa Maharshi. Because of high spiritual importance of temple it is very holy to visit this temple.