Karinthandan Temple

The great man behind the thamarassery churam.

One of the oldest hindu temple of the Lakkidi area. Considered as scared to hindu and jain people.

The legend behind the Chain Tree near Vythiri reads more like a ghost story. It is said that a tribal youth, Karinthanandan, guided a British engineer in making a road through Wayanad’s forests. The engineer, however, decided that he did not want to share the glory with his guide and killed the poor young tribal. The dead man’s soul would haunt travellers who passed by the area, until a priest chained his soul to a ficus tree. The tree is located about 2 km from Vythiri, just before reaching Lakkidi, but we missed sighting it as we were driving to Lakkidi View Point. On the way back we had to make use of G-maps to pinpoint the exact location otherwise we would have missed it again. Then we saw the chain tied and hanging from the tree. Besides the tree there is a small compound with a temple. There is also a wayside tea stall nearby. One can stop here and pay homage to the poor young tribal man, so that his soul may rest in peace. We visited this place in December 2018.

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It's a temple located near the chain tree. Even though the place is nearly maintained, it deserves more importance