Sekharipuram
Sekharipuram
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The Agraharams of Palakkad
Overview
SRI LAKSHMI NARAYANA SWAMY
Location
Location: The Sekharipuram Gramam is located about 3 Kms South east from the Palakkad railway station
Address: Sri Lakshmi Narayana Swamy Temple, Sekharipuram
QMQ4+WMR, Sekharipuram, Kalpathy, Palakkad, Kerala 678010
Temple Timings:
5.30 AM – 10.00 AM
5.30 PM – 7.30 PM
History
Deities
1. EMOOR BHAGAVATHY
2. SHIVA TEMPLE
3. GANAPATHY TEMPLE KAVU STREET
4. AYYAPPAN TEMPLE
Videos
Videos
Photo Gallery
Utsavams
CAR FESTIVAL – MEDA MASAM
OONJAL UTSAVAM – MEDA MASAM- SIVA TEMPLE
BHAGAVATHY SEVA – IN ALL TEMPLES- JUNE 6 TH TO 12 TH
KUMBHABHISEKAM DAY – IN ALL Temples – JUNE 6 th to 10 th
VINAYAKA CHATHURTHY – CHINGAM MASAM
NAVARATHRI – KANNI MASAM
VEDA PARAYANAM – VRICHIGAM – DHANU MASAM
SASTHA PREETHY – DHANU MASAM
Vahanas
ANNAPAKSHI, SIMHAM, HANUMAN, GARUDAN, ADI SESHAN, GAJA VAHANAM, KUTHIRAI, POOVAN THERU
Adimakkavu
MANAPPULLI KAVU BHAGAVATHY
Other Agraharam Information
Total homes in the Agraharam: 130
Number of Brahmin homes: 70
Number of homes retaining traditional look: 40%
Does the village have a brahmana samooham:
Does the village temple have a temple car (theru): TEMPLE CAR AND PALLAKKU
When was the last ashtabandhana kumbabhishekam done: 2019
Gothrams: Bhargadwaja gothram.
Vedam:
PATASALA: VEDA RAKSHANA SAMITHI, RAMANATHAPURAM, ANU SRIRAM – 9447063807, RAMA SYBRAMANIAN - 9995016666
Contact Information
President - V. Mohan – 9446472772
Secretary - Sampath Kumar – 9349600125
Treasurer - Subrahmanian - 7907611479
K.S. GOPALAKRISHNAN – 8861996653 Executive Member
Well Known from the Agraharam
1. Late RAMAKRISHNA GHANAPATI RATTA THERUVU
2. Late RAMAKRISHNA VADHYAR PALMETTU THERUVU
3. Late ANANTHARAMA GHANAPATI METTU THERUVU
4. Late KRISHNA VADHYAR SAMA VEDHAM- ALSO VISHA VAIDHYAN
5. Late RASAMANI VADHYAR
6. Late NARAYANA VADHAR
7. Late VISHWANATHA VADHYAR
S.K RAMASWAMY IYER – Former Chairman- Palakkad
Municipality
2. S.R APPU IYER – LEGAL Consultant – Councillar Palakkad
3. S.R VENKATESHWARA IYER – Principal – Cycone Education
Service
4. S.P RAMACHANDRA IYER – Founder Sekharipuram A.L.P. School
5. Padmasri Dr S.N. SESHADRI – BARC
6. S.R RAMAMOORTHY – I.A.S – Chief Secretary – A.P
7. S.V KRISHNAN I.A.S – Chief Secretary – West Bengal
8. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN – Wing Commander
Food and Catering
Hall for functions and Lodging
Bank Accounts for sending Kanikkai, donation or vazhipadu
SEKARIPURAM GRAMAJANA SAMOOHAM
S/B Acc NO – 0812101068943
IFSC – CNRB0001166
Author's Notes
Sekharipuram - 100 Agraharams Project
Agraharam 89 in the 100 Agraharams Project
Sekharipuram finds mention in William Logan’s Malabar Manual—a timeless agraharam etched into the geography and memory of Palakkad. It is one of the more visually arresting settlements, with its streets gently sloping into a central pond—a marvel of ancestral wisdom. The gradient, hydrology, and civic planning, all seamlessly tuned to nature. The pond, fed by these natural flows, remains perennial. Soumya and I often walk its banks, seated on stone benches, as the distant Sahyadris turn golden at dusk. Here, I photograph migratory birds and play with lambs that wander in freely, as if from another age. The sometimes abundant orchids on the vast trees of the shores of the pond are a sight for sore eyes.
There are whispers that Sekharipuram may have been named after Rajashekara Varma of Palghat. Others believe its founders came from a namesake village in Tanjore, much like the origins of Chokkanathapuram (from Madurai) and Vaidyanathapuram (from Vaideeswaran Koil). How I wish these agraharams had preserved their oral histories—they would be treasures of memory and migration.
The Kasi Viswanatha Swamy Temple here owes its existence to the generosity of Smt. Lakshmi Ammal of Sekharipuram, who gifted a sacred Bana Lingam and 1320 gold coins to Ittikombi Achan. The inscription at Kalpathy’s Shiva temple—dated 1424–25—attests to this gift, placing Sekharipuram’s antiquity well before the 15th century, in the shadow of migrations triggered by Malik Kafur’s invasion of the Pandya lands in 1310.
I have already spoken of the idol interchanges between Lakshminarayanapuram and Sekharipuram during Tipu Sultan’s raids. Such episodes are fragments of a deeper continuity. Like the steps of the Kalpathy temple or the ghats of Govindarajapuram, this village pond too calls for quiet contemplation. I urge you—walk the lanes, sit by the waters, and receive darshan of Lakshminarayana Swamy. Sekharipuram still breathes that sacred rhythm.
Radhe Krishna!
Warm regards,
Sriram (Hari) Trustee, Rama Bhagavatar Charitable Trust +91 9840773410
100 Agraharams Project
Itihasapurana Project
3 July 2025
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