PradakshinaRead in Malayalam

Temples and Pradakshina

Main Deity: Sree Bhadrakali with calm nature.

Temples of Upa Devas:
The temples of the Upa Devas inside the Nalambalam are: The temples of Lord Siva, Durga Devi and Ganapathi.

Temples outside the Nalabalam:
The temples outside the Nalambalam are: The temples of Nagar, Bhairavan, Manthramoorthi, Lord Madan Thampuran, Paipan, Elenkom, Shastha and Brahmarekshess.

Pradakshina (Circumambulation)
One of the customary aspects of going to a temple is the practice of going around the deity or the sanctum sanctorum. This is called pradakshina. Typically, pradakshina is done after the completion of traditional worship and after paying homage to the deity. We cannot draw a circle without a center point. The Lord is the center, source and essence of our life. We acknowledge this by performing pradakshina.

Also, every point on the circumference of a circle is equidistant from the center. This means that wherever or whoever we may be, we are equally close to the Lord. His grace flows towards us without partiality. The pradakshina is done clockwise. Indeed, the word pradakshina means “moving rightward” in Sanskrit.

In order to do pradakshina in Kariyamkulam temple, one must start from the Devi temple (Main temple), then the temple of Lord Siva and do a pradakshina around the Devi temple. Then temples of Ganapathi and Durga. Next move outside the Nalambalam, to the temples of Nagar,the Bhairava,the Manthramoorthi, the Lord Madan thampuran, the Paipan, the Elenkom, the Sastha and the Brahmarakshess are to be covered. Before concluding, a pradakshina must be completed around the main temple.