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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Historical Jack-fruit tree}}<br />
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'''Ammachi Plavu''' literally translated from Malayalam, it means grandmother Jack-fruit tree or an old Jackfruit tree, Located in inside of [[Neyyattinkara Sree Krishna Swami Temple]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.archaeology.kerala.gov.in/monuments/ammachi-plavu/12|title=Ammachi Plavu &#124; Department of Archaeology|website=Archaeology}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/|title=Ammachiplavu at Sree Krishna Temple, Neyyattinkara|website=www.keralaculture.org}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
''Ammachi Plavu'' is legendarily connected with the period of [[Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma]] (1729 -1758).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2012/may/16/always-in-the-throes-of-history-368506.html|title=Always in the throes of history|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> The '[[Ettuveetil Pillamar]]' had challenged Marthanda Varma who ruled Travancore. [[Ettuveetil Pillamar]], who had a decisive influence in the country, had taken steps to end [[Marthanda Varma]]'s supremacy and rule. [[Marthanda Varma]] had often gone into hiding in fear of the [[Ettuveetil Pillamar]] and he also regularly changed his residence so as not to be identified by [[Ettuveetil Pillamar]]. Marthanda Varma, certain that the enemy was behind him, crossed the [[Neyyar River|Neyyar]] river and reached the opposite side. When he was trying to hide himself in a safe place, he saw a boy who was grazing cows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/thiruvananthapuram/malayalam-news/neyyattinkara-1.1741198|title=മാര്ത്താണ്ഡവര്മയും അമ്മച്ചി പ്ലാവും, പിന്നെ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണസ്വാമി ക്ഷേത്രവും|website=Mathrubhumi}}</ref> The boy hid him in the hollow trunk of a [[jackfruit]] tree and thus helped him escape his enemies. Jackfruit tree which helped the king save his life came to be known as "''Ammachi Plavu''".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web-edition.sarvavijnanakosam.gov.in/index.php?title=%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%8D|title=അമ്മച്ചിപ്ലാവ് - സര്വ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം|website=web-edition.sarvavijnanakosam.gov.in}}</ref> At present, the hollow trunk is in a preserved by the [[Kerala State Department of Archaeology]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.neyyattinkaramunicipality.in/ml/history|title=ചരിത്രം &#124; Neyyatinkara Municipality|website=www.neyyattinkaramunicipality.in}}</ref> Later on, Marthanda Varma found that it was none other than Lord Krishna himself who saved him from his enemies, and he constructed a temple to him near the Jackfruit tree, which is now a very popular tourist spot in Southern Kerala.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Neyyattinkara Sree Krishna Swami Temple]]<br />
*[[Marthanda Varma]]<br />
*[[Ettuveetil Pillamar]]<br />
*[[Neyyar (river)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Trees]]<br />
[[Category:History of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Historical geology]]<br />
[[Category:Kingdom of Travancore]]</div>>Rodw