Kottiyoor Vysakha Mahotsavam, the Glossary
Kottiyoor Ulsavam or Kottiyoor Vysakha Mahotsavam (वैशाख महोत्सव) is a 27-day annual pilgrimage observed by Hindus commemorating the Mythology of Daksha Yaga.[1]
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48 relations: Bangalore, Bavali River, Bhadrakali, Bhrigu, Daksha, Daksha yajna, Gana, Gokarneshwor, Hindus, Iritty, Kali (demon), Kali Yuga, Kannur, Kannur railway station, Kanyakumari, Kerala, Kisari Mohan Ganguli, Kochi, Kottiyoor, Kottiyoor Temple, Kumbh Mela, Lingam, Mahabharata, Malayalam calendar, Mangalore, Mumbai, Mysore, Palakkad, Parashurama, Puja (Hinduism), Pushpanjali, Sanctum sanctorum, Sati (Hindu goddess), Shaivism, Shaka era, Shakta pithas, Shaktism, Shankaracharya, Shiva, Spring (hydrology), Svayambhu, Thalassery, The Hindu, Thirunelli Temple, Thiruvananthapuram, Trimurti, Varuna, Virabhadra.
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Bangalore
Bangalore, officially Bengaluru (ISO: Beṁgaḷūru), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
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Bavali River
The Bavali River is an 84 km long river that flows from the Chekuthan thodu, Wayanad passes located in the South Indian state of Kerala which goes to Valapattanam River at Munambu Kadavu, Kannur.
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Bhadrakali
Bhadrakali (IAST: Bhadrakālī) is a Hindu goddess.
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Bhrigu
Bhrigu (भृगु) is a rishi of Adi-rishi tradition.
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Daksha
In Hinduism, Daksha (lit) is one of the prajapati, the agents of creation, as well as a divine king-rishi.
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Daksha yajna
Dakṣayajña is an important event in Hindu mythology that is narrated in various Hindu scriptures.
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Gana
The word (Sanskrit: गण) in Sanskrit and Pali means "flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, category, series, or class".
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Gokarneshwor
Gokarneshwor is a municipality in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal that was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Sundarijal, Nayapati, Baluwa, Jorpati and Gokarna.
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Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
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Iritty
Iritty is a Municipality and a Taluk of Kannur district in Kerala State, India.
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Kali (demon)
In Hinduism, Kali (Devanāgari: कलि, IAST:, with both vowels short; from a root, 'suffer, hurt, startle, confuse') is the being who reigns during the age of the Kali Yuga and acts as the nemesis of Kalki, the tenth and final avatar of the Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu.
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Kali Yuga
Kali Yuga, in Hinduism, is the fourth, shortest and worst of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Dvapara Yuga and followed by the next cycle's Krita (Satya) Yuga.
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Kannur
Kannur, formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India.
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Kannur railway station
Kannur railway station (formerly Cannanore railway station)(station code: CAN) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone.
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Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari (referring to Devi Kanya Kumari, officially known as Kanniyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin) is a city in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
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Kerala
Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.
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Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Utkarsh Upadhyay (also K. M. Ganguli) was an Indian translator known for being the first to provide a complete translation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata in English.
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Kochi
Kochi, also known by its former name Cochin, is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea.
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Kottiyoor
Kottiyoor is a Township, Village and Grama Panchayat situated in eastern hilly area of Kannur district in Kerala state. Kottiyoor Vysakha Mahotsavam and Kottiyoor are Villages near Iritty.
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Kottiyoor Temple
Kottiyoor Temple is a prominent Shiva temple in Kottiyoor, Kannur, Kerala, India. Kottiyoor Vysakha Mahotsavam and Kottiyoor Temple are Villages near Iritty.
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Kumbh Mela
Kumbh Mela or Kumbha Mela is a major pilgrimage and festival in Hinduism, On February 4, 2019, Kumbh Mela witnessed the largest public gathering. Kottiyoor Vysakha Mahotsavam and Kumbh Mela are Hindu festivals.
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Lingam
A lingam (लिङ्ग, lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism.
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Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
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Malayalam calendar
The Malayalam Calendar is a sidereal solar calendar used in Kerala.
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Mangalore
Mangalore, officially known as Mangalururomanized: Maikala)-->, is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 14 km north of Karnataka–Kerala border and 297 km south of Goa.
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Mumbai
Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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Mysore
Mysore, officially Mysuru, is the second-most populous city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
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Palakkad
Palakkad, also known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery, is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Kerala.
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Parashurama
Parashurama, also referred to as Rama Jamadagnya, Rama Bhargava and Virarama, is the sixth avatar among the Dashavatara of the preserver god Vishnu in Hinduism.
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Puja (Hinduism)
Puja (translit-std), also spelt pooja, is a worship ritual performed by Hindus to offer devotional homage and prayer to one or more deities, to host and honour a guest, or to spiritually celebrate an event.
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Pushpanjali
Pushpanjali (Sanskrit:पुष्पाञ्जलि, literally folded hands full of flowers) is an offering of flowers to Hindu deities.
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Sanctum sanctorum
The Latin phrase sanctum sanctorum is a translation of the Hebrew term קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים (Qṓḏeš HaQŏḏāšîm), literally meaning Holy of Holies, which generally refers in Latin texts to the holiest place of the Ancient Israelites, inside the Tabernacle and later inside the Temple in Jerusalem, but the term also has some derivative use in application to imitations of the Tabernacle in church architecture.
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Sati (Hindu goddess)
Sati (सती), also known as Dakshayani (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी, IAST: Dākṣāyaṇī, lit. 'daughter of Daksha'), is the Hindu goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and is worshipped as an aspect of the mother goddess Shakti.
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Shaivism
Shaivism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu traditions, which worships Shiva as the Supreme Being.
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Shaka era
The Shaka era (IAST: Śaka, Śāka) is a historical Hindu calendar era (year numbering), the epoch (its year zero) of which corresponds to Julian year 78.
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Shakta pithas
The Shakti Pithas, Shaakta Pithas or Sati Pithas (शाक्त पीठ,, seats of Shakti) are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism, the goddess-centric denomination in Hinduism.
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Shaktism
Shaktism (translit-std) is a major Hindu denomination in which the godhead or metaphysical reality is considered metaphorically to be a woman.
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Shankaracharya
Shankaracharya (शङ्कराचार्य,, "Shankara-acharya") is a religious title used by the heads of amnaya monasteries called mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hinduism.
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Shiva
Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.
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Spring (hydrology)
A spring is a natural exit point at which groundwater emerges from the aquifer and flows onto the top of the Earth's crust (pedosphere) to become surface water.
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Svayambhu
Svayambhu (translit) is a Sanskrit word that means "self-born", "self-manifested", "self-existing", or "that that is created by its own accord".
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Thalassery
Thalassery, formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality and commercial city on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahe, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karnataka).
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The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
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Thirunelli Temple
Thirunelli Temple (also spelled Tirunelli) is an ancient temple dedicated to Maha Vishnu on the side of Brahmagiri hill in Kerala, India, near the border with Karnataka state.
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Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram, commonly shortened to TVM or known by its former name Trivandrum, is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala.
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Trimurti
The Trimurti is the trinity of supreme divinity in Hinduism, in which the cosmic functions of creation, preservation, and destruction are personified as a triad of deities.
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Varuna
Varuna (वरुण) is a Hindu god, associated with the sky, oceans, and water.
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Virabhadra
Virabhadra, also rendered Veerabhadra, Veerabathira, and Veerabathiran, is a fierce form of the Hindu god Shiva.
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See also
Villages near Iritty
- Ambayathode
- Anappanthy
- Angadikadavu
- Aralam
- Ayyankunnu
- Edoor
- Elapeedika
- Kanichar
- Karikkottakary
- Keezhpally
- Keezhur
- Keezhur Kunnu
- Kelakam, India
- Kottiyoor
- Kottiyoor Temple
- Kottiyoor Vysakha Mahotsavam
- Kunnathoor Padi
- Madapurachal
- Malayampadi
- Manathana
- Manikkadavu
- Manippara
- Muzhakkunnu
- Nedumpoil
- Nuchiyad
- Payam, Kerala
- Peravoor
- Punnad
- Tholambra
- Ulikkal
- Uruppumkutty
- Vallithode
- Vaniyappara
- Vattiyamthode
- Vayathur
- Vekkalam
- Velimanam
- Vellarvelly
- Vilamana
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kottiyoor_Vysakha_Mahotsavam
Also known as Kottiyoor Ulsavam, Kottiyoor Utsavam.