page_title: Kalady
section_title: Manickamangalam Karthyayani Temple
hierarchical_section_title: Kalady / Temples and other religious buildings / Institutions and places having legendary association with Acharya / Manickamangalam Karthyayani Temple
caption_attribution_description: NSS Higher Secondary School Manickamangalam Board
context_page_description: Kalady or Kaladi is a census town located between Angamaly and Perumbavoor, east of the Periyar river, in Ernakulam district of Kerala, India, not far from Cochin International Airport. It is notable as the birthplace of 8th century Indian philosopher and theologian Adi Shankara and is a popular destination for Hindu pilgrims.
  Kalady came to prominence only after its rediscovery in the late 19th century by the then Shankaracharya of Sringeri and the subsequent consecration of an Adi Shankara temple in 1910. The centenary of Kalady was celebrated in May 2010, and the story of its re-discovery a hundred years ago has been documented in a film by the Sringeri Sharada Peetham.
context_section_description: One kilometre north of Kalady is the Manickamangalam temple, dedicated to Bhagavathi, or the goddess Durga. Shankara's father Sivaguru was the priest in this temple.
  According to legend, one day he could not go by himself, so he sent little Shankara with a measure of milk as an offering to Devi. Shankara noticed that even after the offering, the measure of milk before Devi remained unchanged. He was sad and started to cry, so Devi took pity on the boy and drank the milk. References to the deity can be found in Soundaryalahari.
caption: NSS School Manickamangalam
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