RAJA
RAJASHEKKARA
SMRITI
MANDAPAMAM
K.J. Yesudas inaugurating the Raja Rajashekhara Smriti Mandapam
near Valiyakoickal Sastha Temple at Pandalam on Sunday1st December,2013..Singer
K.J. Yesudas inaugurated the Raja Rajashekhara Smriti Mandapam near
Valiyakoickal Sastha Temple at Pandalam on Sunday.The memorial was constructed
at a cost of Rs.6 lakh by the Palace Welfare Society (PWS) at Pandalam, in
memory of Raja Rajashekhara Varma, believed to be the foster father of Lord
Ayyappa.
Yesudas also unveiled a granite sculpture depicting the
legendary sighting of the baby boy, Manikanta, on the banks of the Pampa by
Raja Rajashekhara Varma, king of the Pandalam kingdom.The sculpture was made by
sculptor Thattavila Raju Ratnam of Chengannur.Revathinaal P.Ramavarma Raja,
eldest male member of the erstwhile Pandalam royal family, delivered the
benedictory speech. B.Gireeshkumar Varma, PWS president, presided over the
function. P. Ramavarma Raja, PWS general secretary, and P.G. Sasikumar Varma,
Pandalam Palace Managing Committee president, spoke.
Prof. John Kurakar
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