Parassinkkadavu is a small
Temple town in
Anthoor Municipality. This town is located about from
Kannur Corporation in the
Kannur district of
Kerala state, India. It is a famous tourist destination in
North Malabar.
Attractions
Parassinikkadavu is noted for the famous
Muthappan temple where people go for worshipping
Sree Muthappan
Muthappan ( ml, ശ്രീ മുത്തപ്പൻ, kn, ಮುತ್ತಪ್ಪ್) is a deity commonly worshiped in the Kannur, Kasargod, Kozhikode, Malapuram region of Kerala and Coorg region of Karnataka in India. Muthappan is consid ...
. This is the only
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
Temple in Kerala where a
Theyyam performance is a daily ritual offering.
Tradition has it that for the Annual Festival, Ulsavam, of the
Muthappan Temple at Parassinikkadavu to start, a procession led by a female member of the "Thayyil" clan of
Thayyil
Thayyil is an Indian family name and surname found predominantly in the State of Kerala, India, used by many communities including , Nambiars, Thiyyas, Muslims and Christians. The word in old Malayalam means Beautiful, Pretty, etc. The word "Th ...
,
Kannur begins from the family home and terminates at the main altar of the temple with a 'pooja' (prayer) to the Gods.
Parassinkkadavu is also noted for the
Parassinikkadavu Snake Park which is committed to the preservation and conservation of
snakes. There are about 150 varieties of snakes including the spectacled
cobra,
King cobra,
Russell's viper,
Krait and
Pit Viper
The Crotalinae, commonly known as pit vipers,Mehrtens JM (1987). ''Living Snakes of the World in Color''. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. . crotaline snakes (from grc, κρόταλον ''krotalon'' castanet), or pit adders, are a subfa ...
living in the park.
A research laboratory to extract venom from snakes is proposed here. The park also has a large collection of non-poisonous snakes including
pythons.
Vismaya Water Theme park is situated at Parassinikkadavu.
Story of Muthappan Madappura Nileshwar

Several Muthappan Temples are seen in different parts of Kodagu, Kannur and Kasaragod districts. This shows the popularity of the God in the minds of the people of these districts. Each madappura has its own tradition. One interesting story relating to the God Muthappan is about the Nileshwar Muthappan Madappura.
The Sree Muthappan temple near
National Highway No 17 in Nileshwar has a rich heritage. It indicates philosophical, devotional and educational importance of Nileshwar. There is an interesting story regarding the construction of Sree Muthappan Temple. An elder member of the Koroth family regularly visited the place now known as the Muthappan temple and drank madhu, a kind of intoxicating drink. He was a famous scholar and got the title Ezhuthachan for his commendable achievement as a teacher. Before drinking madhu, as a devotee he poured several drops of madhu on the nearby jackfruit tree as an offering for the god Muthappan. He regularly repeated the practice. Several years after the death of the above-mentioned scholar the natives found serious problems and they called upon an astrologer for assistance. The astrologer reveal that as a result of the regular practice of giving madhu to the god Muthappan, the God started residing there. After the death of the scholar, he did not get the madhu, and piqued, he started creating disturbances in the area. To placate him, the natives erected a Muthappan temple there. Koroth family got the right of Koymma
patronin the temple.
As a result of the formation of a committee and the great work done by the members of the committee the temple became famous, and daily hundreds of people visited there. There is a strong belief that the God will cure all diseases and will give prosperity to the devotees. The devotees will get Payakutti from the temple and stood developing as a great temple like the Sree Muthappan temple at Parassini kadavu.
Photo gallery
Image:Mutthapan2.jpg, Muthappan Theyyam as Lord Vishnu
Image:Thai_paradevatha_and_Muthappan.jpg, Muthappan Theyyam as Lord Vishnu & Lord Shiva.
File:വിസ്മയ പാർക്ക്.JPG, The main attraction
File:ഊഞ്ഞാൽ.JPG, The Cradle
File:VismayaParkGate.JPG, The entrance
File:Vismaya Park (4236282321).jpg, Inside the park
See also
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Anthoor
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Thayyil
Thayyil is an Indian family name and surname found predominantly in the State of Kerala, India, used by many communities including , Nambiars, Thiyyas, Muslims and Christians. The word in old Malayalam means Beautiful, Pretty, etc. The word "Th ...
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Parassinikkadavu Snake Park
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Sree Muthappan
Muthappan ( ml, ശ്രീ മുത്തപ്പൻ, kn, ಮುತ್ತಪ್ಪ್) is a deity commonly worshiped in the Kannur, Kasargod, Kozhikode, Malapuram region of Kerala and Coorg region of Karnataka in India. Muthappan is consid ...
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Muthappan temple
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Kannur
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Theyyam
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Parassinikkadavu Temple
Parassinikadavu Muthappan temple is a temple, located at Parassinikadavu in Anthoor Municipality on the banks of the Valapattanam river about from Taliparamba and from Kannur City in Kannur District, Kerala, India. Thiyya community urayima P ...
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Kunnathoor Padi
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Rajarajeshwara Temple
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Sree Muthappan Temple Nileshwar
Nileshwar Muthappan Madappura is a temple dedicated to the God Sree Muthappan in the town Nileshwar of Kasaragode district, Kerala state, South India. Sree Muthappan is the most popular local god in Kannur district and Kasaragod district of n ...
External links
Orkut Community of Parassinikkadavu
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