Sree Dharmi Kulangara Balabadra Swami Temple -Mazhoor

Dharmikulangara Temple is located 5 km east of Taliparamba a scenic village called MAZHOOR near Poomangalam, the village is famous for the Dharmikulangara Temple, a highly reversed shrine dedicated to Lord Balram. The temple is now managed by Trichambaram Sree Krishna Temple Committee.

 The main deity in the temple is Balram, brother of Sree Krishna. Legends have it that, every year Balram visits Sree Krishna at Trichambaram temple and they walk together to Pookkothu Nada. At the Pookkothu Nada they rejoice, dancing and blessing thousands of devotees who attend the festival. Only after the arrival of Balram on the 14th day, regular pujas are offered to the deity. One of the days during the Utsavam time, Idols of Sree Krishna and Balarama are taken through the village on a procession called "Nadu Valam Vekkal". Only the eldest member of Namboodiri family is allowed to accompany the idols.

Lord Balarama or Balabhadra is the eighth avatara(incarnation) of Vishnu.He is also known as Halayudha. Balarama is described as being physically very strong, in fact 'bala' in Sanskrit refers to 'strength'. Balarama is the elder brother of Lord Krishna. Also he is acknowledged as a manifestation of Anantha or Adishesha, the divine serpent on whom Vishnu rests.

Balarama took birth as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki. Kamsa, the brother of Devaki and an evil king, was intent upon killing all the progeny of his sister because of a prediction that he would die at the hands of her eighth son. Kamsa thus threw his sister Devaki and her husband Vasudeva into prison, and proceeded to kill each of their children as soon as they were born.

In due course of time, Devaki became pregnant for the seventh time. However, this child was not destined to meet the fate of the six previous infants. The unborn child was miraculously transferred from Devaki's womb to the womb of Rohini, who had desired a child of her own. Thus Balarama's other name is also Sankarsana which describes the transfer of the child from the womb. The child was formally named Rama, but because of his great strength he was called Balarama (Strong Rama).

Thus, Rohini actually gave birth to Balarama and raised him. Balarama spent his childhood as a cowherd boy with his brother Krishna and friends. He later married Revati, the daughter of King Raivata, ruler of the Anarta province.

Balarama taught both Duryodhana of the Kauravas and Bhima of the Pandavas the art of fighting with a Gadha(mace). When war broke between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, Balarama was equally affectionate to both parties and so decided to be neutral. Eventually when Bhima (of greater strength) defeated Duryodhana (of greater skill) by dealing a blow below the navel with his mace, Balarama threatened to kill Bhima. This was only prevented when Krishna reminded Balarama of Bhima's vow to kill Duryodhana by crushing the very thigh he exposed to his wife Draupadi.

In the Bhagavata Purana it is described that after Balarama took part in the battle that caused the destruction of the rest of the Yadu dynasty, and after he witnessed the disappearance of Krishna, he then sat down in a meditative state and departed from this world by producing a great white snake from his mouth, and thus he was carried by Sesha in the form of a serpent.

Mazhoor Balabadra Swamy Temple

This is one of the rarest temple existing in the state of kerala. In opinion there is no temple devoted to balabadra swamy alone  in india. More over the diety in this temple is facing west side.

Balarama joins brother srikrishna (at trichambaram which is about 8 kms from mazhoor) from kumbham 22nd to meenam 6th (6th to 20th march) every year at trichambaram temple for the annual festival. On 22nd kumbham and 6th meenam 'thidambu nrutham' will be performed in the temple. Apart from this akshaya thrithiya day (birthday of lord balarama) is another important day for this temple.

Have palabhishekam and payasa nivedyam to balarama on full moon sandhya to have 'salsanthanam' (good children).

This temple is placed in Mazhoor. 2 Km from Kanjirakkad, Kanjirakkad is 4.5 Km from Thaliparamba towards Alakkode. Main Prathistha  Sree Balabadra Swami.Upaprathistas  Sree Ganapathy, Sree Thrishambalam Appan.

 Sri dharmikulangara balabhadra swami seva samithi

Mazoor,Taliparamba-Kannur

Ph: 94950 04205, 0460 2203057, 0460 2203236
Coordinates: 12°4'14"N   75°24'11"E