Padippura is the formal entrance to the compound. It has rooms on the ground and upper floors. In olden days, guests used to occupy the rooms in padippura. This way, the family living areas were kept separate. This may have been done for added security.

Rent income is currently being used to maintain the structure and the main tharawad house. But the rent income is small and more funds could be necessary to undertake major repairs.

The entrance to the padippura is from the lane off the busy highway. The padippura is built along the compound wall. It has a tiled roof and faces the poomukham of the tharawad house.

The padippura entrance is not used much now as there is a wrought iron gate facing the main road which lets in cars too.

This is a photo of Sarpakkavu at Ambalavattam temple complex. Naga Pratishta Dinam is celebrated every year in Aug/Sep.

A family get-together will be held at Ambalavattam on 28 March 2014 at 11:00 AM.  Pratishta Dinam and Durga Pooja will also be celebrated on the same day.

Members will get the opportunity to get updates on the activities over the past 12 months. They will also be able to bring up suggestions and offer solutions to problems.

For more information, please contact Mr. A.K. Umanath (Babu) at ak.umanath@ambalavattamtemple.com. He can also be contacted on his mobile +91-9446253330.

The tharawad house is estimated to be more than 200 years old. It is built in Kerala style of architecture. The verandah has pillars of solid teak.

Here is tha Ambalavattam Family Tree, 1775 to 1941. Please click on the image above to view it in a lightbox.  Bina C. Balakrishnan, my cousin, sent me this copy.

She is working on bringing it up to date. Please support her on the project by updating the data on your branch. Her website is http://www.binabalakrishnan.com/ and email ID is binacb@gmail.com.

This is a gallery of images from Punapratishta in March, 2004:

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