It is quite unfortunate that I am not getting sufficient information about the history of my lovely village, Kollemcode. I tried to the full extend of my capability to collect information about the origin of my beautiful village through different sources, but ended up with nothing except a book, named “Thiruvananthpuram Ithihasam (mythology of Trivandrum)”, which I found during my continuous hunt on the origin of my gorgeous village. The writer of this book is a resident from Pattom, Trivandrum who depicts most of the prime places including Thiruvananthapuram, Kanyakumari etc. in this Book.
It says, “The sea shore area extended from, today’s, Poovar of Trivandrum District to Thengapattanam of Kanyakumari District was being called as Kalingarajapuram. People who were beaten in the Kalinga War had trespassed to this place and the king who was ruling this place on those days allowed them to continue their remaining life here. And thereafter, this place was started being called as Kalingarajapuram. These people worshiped Kali as their Goddess. Later on, because of the over flooded tidal waves, the people who lived there were wiped out and the place was terribly demolished and vanished under the soil.”
It says, “The sea shore area extended from, today’s, Poovar of Trivandrum District to Thengapattanam of Kanyakumari District was being called as Kalingarajapuram. People who were beaten in the Kalinga War had trespassed to this place and the king who was ruling this place on those days allowed them to continue their remaining life here. And thereafter, this place was started being called as Kalingarajapuram. These people worshiped Kali as their Goddess. Later on, because of the over flooded tidal waves, the people who lived there were wiped out and the place was terribly demolished and vanished under the soil.”
The myth ends here but the name, Kalingarajapuram did not disappear and, still one of the nearby places of Kollemcode is being known as Kalingarajapuram.
Also there is a tale that the same Goddess, Kali is being worshipped as Kollemcode Sree Bhadrakali Devi, today. The historic information which has been dug up from the soil is also accepting the truth of aforesaid myth.
Also there is a tale that the same Goddess, Kali is being worshipped as Kollemcode Sree Bhadrakali Devi, today. The historic information which has been dug up from the soil is also accepting the truth of aforesaid myth.
