Agraharas in Padur
There are two agraharams at Padur, where Tamil Brahmins are residing. One is Padoor Padinjare Gramam and the other is Kazhani Puthan Gramam. There is a Gopalakrishna Swamy temple at Padoor Padinjare Gramam and there is a Venkitachalapathy temple at Kazhani Puthan Gramam. The main uthsavam of Padinjare Gramam is Karthika Vilakku and falls in the month of Vrichikam. The main uthsavam of Kazhani Puthan Gramam is Mandala Vilakku and Brahmothsavam and falls in the month of Dhanu(i.e., December 23 to 28 and the 27th is the main uthsavam day Mandalavilakku). The uthsavams in both the agraharams are celebrated in a very good manner.Brahmasri Kumarapuram Rama Govindha Bhattacharyar is the Acharyal who is our Purohitha for this Uthsavam. The festival of Karthika vilaku in Padur Padinjare Gramam will be wonderful and people who once come and watch the festival will always wish to come for the next time. The Gopalakrishnaswamy in the Gramam is a Powerful and lovely God. The wishes of the people will come true if they pray to Gopalakrishnaswamy truly.
The Kazhani Puthan Gramam is also called the Padur east village. On the way to the Kazhani Puthan Gramam one is greeted by a small picturesque pond, and a banyan tree which marks the entrance. Then there is an ashramam which houses an Ayyapan shrine. Then the Kazhani Puthan Gramam starts with lines of houses on either side, with a line of coconut trees in between. At the end of the Kazhani Puthan Gramam is the Venkitachalapathy Temple. On the whole the Kazhani Puthan Gramam and Padur presents itself with a calm and beautiful face promising you a leisurely, holistic experience. The grandeur of the Mandalavilakku festival which happens on the 27th of December every year is a sight for the eyes and all other senses to behold. One must watch it to understand it and to immerse into the joy of divinity.
The gramam is now almost devoid of its original inhabitants and their generations, as people have moved in all directions for better job prospects. But every year in December, all these people now settled in many Indian cities come to be a part of this uthsavam with their families and take part with their heart and soul. This stands as a proof of the love that they hold in their hearts towards the land they were raised up in or in some cases towards their parents' native or may be even grandparents.
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