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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Killikkurussimangalam<br />
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| settlement_type = Village<br />
| image_skyline = KillikkurussiMahadevaKshetram.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = ''[[Sri Killikkurussi Mahadeva Kshetram]]''- [[Shiva]] Temple of Killikkurussimangalam<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10.766|N|76.436|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Thrissur district|Palakkad]]<br />
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| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
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'''Killikkurussimangalam''' (also known as '''Lakkidi''') is a village around 8 km from nearby town [[Ottappalam]] in [[Palakkad district]] of [[Kerala]], [[south India]]. The river [[Nila River|Nila]] ([[Bharatapuzha]]) flows through the southern border of Lakkidi.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The village got its name from the famous Lord [[Shiva]] [[temple]]- [[Sri Killikkurussi Mahadeva Kshetram]] situated in the village. The temple is very old and legends say it has been founded by the sage ''Sree Suka Brahma Hrishi''.<br />
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==Kunchan Nambiar's birthplace==<br />
The village is the birthplace of famous [[Malayalam]] satire poet and founder of the [[Ottamthullal]] art form, [[Kunchan Nambiar]] (Rama panivada). The house where Kunchan Nambiar was born, Kalakkathu Bhavanam, is now a cultural centre, undertaken by Department of Culture of [[Kerala]] State Government. There is also a library situated there in memory of Kunchan Nambiar called ''Kunchan Smaraka Vayanasala'' - Kunchan Memorial Library.<br />
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[[Koodiyattam]] and [[Chakyar koothu]] artist and noted [[Natyashasthra]] scholar Nātyāchārya Vidūshakaratnam [[Padma Shri]] Guru [[Mani Madhava Chakyar]], who was the authority of ''Abhinaya'' (acting) was also lived there. His home is near to the Killikkurussi Mahadeva temple. It is also the hometown of one of Chakyar's prominent disciples, [[Guru Kelu Nair]].<br />
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[[Sanskrit]] scholar Koppattu Achutha Pothuval also lived near the temple.<br />
[[File:Temple pond kerala.jpg|thumb|Temple pond]]<br />
[[File:Mani damodara Chakyar-mattavilasa.jpg|thumb|Chakyar dance]]<br />
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==Education==<br />
[[Sree Sankara Oriental High School]], previously known as ''Balakollasini Samskritha Pathasala'', is the oldest high school in this area, and stays for the education of the poor. It was started by the great Sanskrit scholar and teacher ''Panditaratnam'' '''Pazhedathu Sankaran Nampoothiripad'''. This is one of the six schools in Kerala where Sanskrit is the Major Language.<br />
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There is a sacred temple-[[pond]] (''Ambalakkulam'') near to Sri Killikkurussi Mahadeva Temple, where pilgrims and visitors bathe.<br />
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[[Postal Index Number|Pin code]] of the village is 679 301.<br />
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==Image gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Mani damodara Chakyar-mattavilasa.jpg|The performance of devotional koothu- Mathavilasam at Killikkurussi Mahadeva Kshetram by [[Mani Damodara Chakyar]].<br />
Image:Mani Madhava Chakyar.jpg|Padma Shri [[Mani Madhava Chakyar]]- Legendary [[Koodiyattam]] Artist. <br />
Image:temple_pond_kerala.jpg|Pond associated with the Killikkurussi Mahadeva temple.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Mani Madhava Chakyar]]<br />
* [[Kunchan Nambiar]]<br />
* [[Ottamthullal]]<br />
* [[Chakyar koothu]]<br />
* [[Koodiyattam]]<br />
* [[Kathakali]]<br />
* [[Mohiniyattam]]<br />
* [[Mani Damodara Chakyar]]<br />
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==References== <br />
*{{in lang|ml}} {{Citation<br />
| author-link=Das Bhargavinilayam<br />
| last=Bhargavinilayam<br />
| first=Das<br />
| title=[[Mani Madhaveeyam]](biography of Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar)<br />
| publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, [[Government of Kerala]]<br />
| year=1999<br />
| isbn= 81-86365-78-8<br />
}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{commons category|Killikkurissi Temple}}<br />
{{Palakkad district}}<br />
[[Category:Hindu temples in Palakkad district]]<br />
[[Category:Villages in Palakkad district]]<br />
[[Category:108 Shiva Temples]]<br />
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