Killikkurussimangalam (also known as Lakkidi) is a village around 8 km from nearby town

Ottappalam Ottapalam (also spelled Ottappalam) is a town, taluk, and municipality in the Palakkad District of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Ottapalam taluk and is located approximately 34 km (21 mi) from the Palakkad (district ...

in Palakkad district of

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. The river Nila ( Bharatapuzha) flows through the southern border of Lakkidi.

Etymology

The village got its name from the famous Lord Siva temple - Sri Killikkurussi Mahadeva Kshetram situated in the village. The temple is very old and legends say it has been founded by the sage ''Sree Suka Brahma Hrishi''.

Kunchan Nambiar's birthplace

The village is the birthplace of famous

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

satire poet and founder of the Ottamthullal art form,

Kunchan Nambiar Kunchan Nambiar was a prominent Malayalam poet of the 18th century (1705-1770). Apart from being a prolific poet, Nambiar is also famous as the originator of the dance art form of Thullall, most of his works were written for use in Thullal per ...

(Rama panivada). The house where Kunchan Nambiar was born, Kalakkathu Bhavanam, is now a cultural centre, undertaken by Department of Culture of

State Government. There is also a library situated there in memory of Kunchan Nambiar called ''Kunchan Smaraka Vayanasala'' - Kunchan Memorial Library.

Koodiyattam Koodiyattam (; IAST: kūṭiyāṭṭaṁ; ) is a traditional performing art form in the state of Kerala, India. It is a combination of ancient Sanskrit theatre with elements of ''Koothu'', an ancient performing art from the Sangam era. It ...

and

Chakyar koothu Chakyar Koothu (pronounced ) is a performance art from Kerala, India. It is primarily a type of highly refined monologue where the performer narrates episodes from Hindu epics (such as the ''Ramayana'' and the ''Mahabharata'') and stories from ...

artist and noted Natyashasthra scholar Nātyāchārya Vidūshakaratnam

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Guru

Mani Madhava Chakyar Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar (IAST: ''Māṇi Mādhava Cākyār'') (15 February 1899 – 14 January 1990) was a celebrated master performance artist and Sanskrit scholar from Kerala, India, considered to be the greatest Chakyar Koothu and Koodiy ...

, who was the authority of ''Abhinaya'' (acting) was also lived there. His home is near to the Killikkurussi Mahadeva temple. It is also the hometown of one of Chakyar's prominent disciples, Guru Kelu Nair.

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scholar Koppattu Achutha Pothuval also lived near the temple. Temple pond kerala

Education

Sree Sankara Oriental High School, previously known as ''Balakollasini Samskritha Pathasala'', is the oldest high school in this area, and stays for the education of the poor. It was started by the great Sanskrit scholar and teacher ''Panditaratnam'' Pazhedathu Sankaran Nampoothiripad. This is one of the six schools in Kerala where Sanskrit is the Major Language. There is a sacred temple-

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(''Ambalakkulam'') near to Sri Killikkurussi Mahadeva Temple, where pilgrims and visitors bathe.

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of the village is 679 301.

Image gallery

Image:Mani damodara Chakyar-mattavilasa.jpg, The performance of devotional koothu- Mathavilasam at Killikkurussi Mahadeva Kshetram by

Mani Damodara Chakyar Mani Damodara Chakyar (Māni Dāmodara Chākyār; born 1946) is a Kutiyattam and Chakyar Koothu artist in Kerala state of south India. He is a nephew and disciple of legendary guru ''Nātyāchārya Vidūshakaratnam Padma Shri'' Māni Mādhava ...

. Image:Mani Madhava Chakyar.jpg, Padma Shri

- Legendary

Artist. Image:temple_pond_kerala.jpg, Pond associated with the Killikkurussi Mahadeva temple.

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