Kudekallu Daivasthana

Theyyam (Theyyattam
or Thira is a popular
Hindu ritual form of
worship in kerala and south
canara of India, predominant
in
the Kolathunadu area
(consisting of present-
day Kasargod,
Kannur,manglore
Districts,sullia Tq
..As a living cult
with several thousand-
year-old traditions,
rituals and customs, it
embraces almost all
the castes and classes
of the Hindu religion
in this region. The
performers of
Theyyam belong to the
lower class
community, and have
an important position
in Theyyam. This is
unique, since only in
Kerala,manglore, do both the
upper-caste Brahmins
and lower-caste tribals
share an important
position in a major
form of worship. The
term Theyyam is a
corrupt form of
Devam or God. People
of these districts
consider Theyyam
itself as a God and
they seek blessings
from this Theyyam. A
similar custom is
followed in the Tulu
Nadu region of known as
Bhuta Kola
Theyyam:- Theyyam is an
artistic dance form
where metaphysical thoughts
and
expressions of immortal souls
are
impersonated to a believer
through
a mortal body. Theyyam
originated
from "Kaliyattam" once
practiced
by the tribal community of
north
Kerala. Theyyam had grown to
the
present form through many
transformations since it’s
origin.
Landlords and chieftains of
those
days are the main forces
behind
many of such
transformations. The
community and its body
began to
use this art to propagate the
major
theme of social enforcement.
The
artists are also encouraged by
the
authorities to introduce new
themes
into its traditional layers and
classified different acts and
expressions to match specific
needs
for their desire. The character
representations were very
broad.
They range from mild to wild
in
representations. Theyyam is a
sect
in which old heroes are
sanctified
and worshipped as the
guardians of
villages and homes. Yet, it
includes
a complex universe centered
on the
belief that a man can—after
suitable
mental, physical and spiritual
preliminaries—don the
costume of a
particular deity and then
become
that deity. In this elevated
state he
assumes superhuman and
divine
powers—speaking, moving,
blessing
and even healing as a god or
goddess. What is crucial is
that the
person is not possessed by
the
spirit of the deity.
history of vishnumurthi
theyyam:- Vishnu Moorthy
Malabar region especially
kannur and kasargod are
blessed with a lot of theyyams
and kaav. There are a lot of
Vishnumoorthy kaav
throughout malabar. But
kottappuram is considered as
the origin of vishnumoorthy.
History of Vishnumoorthy
dates back to olden days in an
old tharavad called
"Kottappuram".
The emperor of Kottappuram
was kuruvatt kurupp. There
lived a boy servent at his
palace called Kannan. He was
later known as palanthayi
kannan. Palanthayi kannan is
believed to be in a cast called
Ettillam Karuvan which is a
subcaste of Theeya. One day
paalanthayi kannan and the
daughter of Kurupp were
playing together and when
Kannan was plucking mangoes
from tree, one of them
accidently fell on the head of
the daughter. Though the
incident was accidental, other
evil minds twisted the stories
and made that intentional.
Kurup who was too short
tempered started creating
plans to take life of Kannan.
Some kind-hearted people
informed Kannan about the
upcoming danger and thus
kannan fled to a remote
village of mangalore. In
mangalore, he was given
shelter by an old lady who
was a devi devotee. Kannan
lived there serving the old
lady just like her own son.
Time flew past and kannan
became a well matured
youngster. By then kannan
was too eager to meet his
parents and relatives and to
spend time where he grew up.
The old lady insisted that
going back would mean
disastrous and harmfull for
his life. But fate was never
meant to be turned away.
Kannan came back to his
native place and kuruvatt
kurupp came to know about
this.
Unaware of the upcoming
crime and evil, Kannan
descented into a pond to
wash his face and legs.
Kurupp, hidden, secretly
attacked Kannan and killed
him with a sword.
The blade was abondoned in
the pond. It came out from
the water and started to
juggle above the pond water.
Consequently there were
disasters happening in
Kurupp's family. His cattles
and other earnings were lost.
Family members suffered
from ill health and mental
disorders.
Jyothishi's were brought to
his home and found that it
was because he killed Kannan.
When kurupp begged for a
solution, jyothishi's said that
there was presence of
Narasimhamoorthy and it was
to be made happy.
Narasimhamoorthy insisted
that its required to devote
Kannan with Silver and devote
Narasimha's Roopam with
Gold. It was asked to get in
touch with devotee Palayi
Krishnan Parappan who was
the perumalayan during that
time. Parappan was totally
astonished by this request and
was praying to Narasimha for
showing him how Vishnu
moorthy need to be
performed and the poems and
figures. Parappan started
preparing for getting himself
ready for the event. He took
religious observance and
waited eagerly for the
enlightment. One night
Narasimha showed his
precense in dream and
suggested a costume and
decorations for vishnu
moorthy. But parappan
mentioned that those
caricature was beyond his
ability. Narasimha showed
him subsequent other
alternative form and
parappan selected the one he
could perform. The current
vishnumoorthy costume and
decoration is considered to
be selected by Palayi
parappan.
Thus Vishnumoorthy Theyyam
was first performed for the
well being of Kurupp and
Since then, vishnu moorthy
was considered to be the God
of Karuvan caste and
performed in almost all the
vishnumoorthy kaav and
muchilott kaav. In muchilott
kaav, vishnu moorthy is
assigned a real high place at
the right side of kaav.
Vishnumoorthy theyyam
performs Narasimha
moorthy's avatharam
lakshyam and the assasination
of hiranyakasyapu. The
performance of theyyam,
clearly visualise these dance
steps. After hiranyakasyapu
assassination, its also shown
in real beauty, gracing of
prahladan and his devotee
mother. The flower shower by
devas are also pictured in the
performance of
Vishnumoorthy theyyam.
Bio: kudekallu shree vishnumurthi
daivasthana which is located
in aletty village of sullia
TQ,manglore district.,..
where the vishnumurthi
kaliyatam take place once in a
year...in the month of march
24th to 26th...with 3 days of
kaliyatam where more then
thousand pepole comes for
praying god and to take his
blessing..
Vishnumurthi stand has main
god for kudekallu...the other
theyyam such has pottan
theyyam,raktheshwari
theyyam,dharmadaiva,kalurthi
daiva,guliga,panjurli
daiva,gurukarnooru theyyam
kola take place in dis 3 days
shree vayanth kulavan
daivasthana also located in
kudekallu where the kaliyatam
take place 1nce in 5 years
(now the vayanath kulavan
chavadi is geting renovate)
kudekallu family is situated in
aletty village and some family
members where in madikeri
too ..knw has "kodekal" ...
Every month sankranti savea
take place..where giving
sammana for kallurthi amma
called "koli gaipu agelu"
during kaliyata time the
tulabara savea take place.
kudekallu dodda mane or
tharvad mane or ayinu mane
which is main home for
kudekal family where ol the
shubha karya take place
kudekallu also called
kodekal,kodekallu,kudekal
kudekallu daivasthana is one
of most powerful daivasthana
in sullia,where lot of
members come praying god
and say their difficult situatn
with leaving god and tel god
to solve their problem and
ask d blessing of god
kudekal vishnu bles u ol
sri vishnumurthi