Vishnu Temple at Parumanna in Kozhikode

Vishnu Temple at Parumanna in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, 

I was in a hunt to locate this temple and its present condition.

Source photo:

Vishnu Temple at Parumanna in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, taken by a photographer of the Archaeological Survey of India on the 1st February 1901.

Source : British Library

This is a complex of Shiva and Vishnu Temple and is almost ruined by Tippu. The Krishna's statue doesn't have hand in the main sanctum. The entire complex is double in size of Guruvayoor temple and never got proper recognition that it deserves!

Perumanna, is a beautiful location, in the outskirts of Calicut. It can be reached easily via the Mankavu or Mavoor route.

This serene, calm, beautiful village, was a terrific mix of adventure, and relaxation to me.

There is an ancient temple nearby, with a lot of history attached to it. It was invaded, looted...and has faced the wrath of time. The main deities Shiva and Vishnu stand overlooking their subjects, the people of Perumanna.

 I got some snaps of the temple even it was closed during this hour. some of the boys from the neighbourhood  helped me to open the temple to take a snap. The main deities here are Vichy and Siva both in equal importance.but in the old picture is described as only Vishnu temple of Perumanna. This confusion has gone when I see the round shaped sanctum sanctorium  of the Vishnu temple. I assumed the old phat has been taken from the tall compound wall of the temples. It has a peculiar shape of elephant belly I  and never seen it somewhere else.

Entrance  of the temple from Main road.

Main Entrance of the Siva temple PErumanna. in older years  lower casts can not enter inside the temple

But they could see the deity and  the ray of light in front of it, through a slit in the stone

The outer Compound Wall. "Elephant Belly " shaped.

Compound wall, in a ruined state.

Lower Castes waited here for a darsan through the gap of the huge stone.

The area is so large, more than Guruvayoor Temple. Adjacent lands are given to  Temple related folks and priests by  Zamorins, and they gathered here making a small population.

View from Siva Temple. Entrance to the Vishnu Temple can be seen

View from Vishnu Temple. Siva Temples Sanctum Sanctorium in focus

Other entrance to the Temple Compound, Mainly to the Vishnu Temple.  I assume that old photo was taken from  this point

One of the Banyan tree, believed have sacred and  divine

New Compound wall to the Vishnu Temple, Work in progress. In the old photo, there was a half wall instead of this structure,

Inside of Nalambalam.

Sanctum Santorium of Vishnu temple Perumanna

Approximate view in relation to the old photo.  Because of new  buildings here, exact angle and spot to reproduce the old photo are impossible.

Temple Pond. Elephant belly wall recently fell down to it.

Still, there are teak treas inside the compound. note that old photo has them too.