Sekharipuram Ratholsavam

Shekaripuram (sometimes spelt Sekharipuram or Shekharipuram) is a village in the town of Palakkad in Kerala, India. This village consists of five main streets, each containing its own temple. The main temple is situated on "Ratta Theruvu" (translated as Double Street). This is the Lakshminarayan Temple.

Temples

Lakshminarayanan Temple
Ganapathi Temple
Ayyappan Temple
Bagavathi Kavu Temple
Shiva Temple

Festivals

The Chariot (Theru) Festival occurs during the month of May.

A major Mahakumbabishekam festival in May 2007 was conducted at the Lakshminarayan Temple.

Prominent people from Shekharipuram: S.A.Parameswara Aiyar, S.P.Venkatakrishnan alias Kannan(now a famous person in Canada), Viswa P.Kumar ( a famous person in the US of A)

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