CHEEROTH THARAVADU

Its ancestral origin is based at Mullassery. The present generation knows the history of Cheeroth family from the days of “velu”, the grand old parent of present generation. When the family expanded leaps and bounds Paran & his brothers, the sons of Velu decided to part with the base at Mullassery and decided to settle at a convenient, calm and quiet place. They found their choice at Puthur, a small place coming under Kaiparambu village in Thrissur District.




Paran & his two brothers started living in a small house following the joint family system. They were not educated. However ,having abundance of mutual cooperation, love & affection between themselves the family flourished day by day. It is believed that “Changaram Kumarath Achan”,the god of Cheeroth family based at Mullassery was not happy in His abode at Mullassery and decided to quit the base & settled at Puthur Bringing prosperity to Paran and family.




The present history of Cheeroth family starts with the days of Paran. The invisible presence of “Changaram Kumarath Achan or Cheeroth Achan” and his guidance was the basis of the prosperity of this family. Identifying this fact Paran and his family decided to give Cheeroth Achan a fitting tribute to HIM, by constructing a small sanctum and Sanatorum and installing his idol. From the day of consecration there was uninterrupted daily pooja.









The family consists of

1.Paran
2.Ayyappankutty
3.Krishnankutty
& their children

Paran is having 4sons & 1 daughter. In the joint family the sons were following the principle of division of labour… Among the four sons Cheeroth Achan was pleased with Shankaran’s spirituality & in his 14th year of age he started showing mystical powers. Even though he is an illiterate he got the powers of prophesying once future, foreseeing the dangers one may encounter and the solutions for preventing these. People from different places, different walks of life started pouring in seeking solace.














The family owns one bus service also named Cheeroth

CHEEROTH MADAPATHI KSHETHRAM

For convenient worshipping,a small temple has been built and with the main deity of “Cheeroth Achan”. Idols of other gods have been installed in and around

the temple. As they prospered it is decided by the family to conduct Pooram festival. The idea of having an elephant of their own dominated their minds when they thought of pooram. An infant elephant of 5years old was purchased in an auction from Nilamboor forest area. The family named the infant elephant “Rajeev”.. He became one of the members of the family. He brought name and fame to the family as he grew. The magnificent tusker adorned the main deities of famous temples in the pooram festivals. It is worth mentioning of his participation in the famous Thrissur Pooram for decades.

Features of Kshethram

The Main deity of the temple is "Changaram Kumarath Achan".The other Gods in the temple are:

• Vigneswara
• Gurunathan
• Murugan
• Lord Ayyappa
• Hanuman
• Vishnumaya
• Adhi Parasakthi
• Rakhsaas
• Nagayakshy
• Nagarajavu
• Bhadrakali
• Bhuvaneswari
• Muthappan
• Malavazhi
• Malanayadi
• Valluvan
• Malamkurathi
• Chathankutty
• Parakkutty

Poojas are being performed to these gods daily along with the pooja to the main deity. Special Poojas are also being performed on special occasions like Sankranthi,!st day of Malayalam month and on special offerings of the believers as a fitting tribute to the blessings of this powerful diety. The opening of the temple is at 4am in the morning, followed by a series of poojas till 8A,M.. After the pooja, Nivedhyam is served to the devotees assembled there at that time . Thereafter, the main pujari(priest) sits in the threshold to the temple precincts for prescribing solutions(parihara) to the needy The temple is closed after the last devotee leaves the temple.

The temple reopens at 5PM for the evening poojas. The poojas in the evening is brief and confined to the offering of AArathy.The temple is closed at 8pm.