Generations had believed him to be a crafty but lovable highwayman who revelled in robbing the rich to help the poor – a full-blooded local Robinhood. Kochunni lived in Central Travancore region of the erstwhile princely State of Travancore. It is, perhaps, the only one of its kind in the country dedicated to a burglar’s spirit, Hindu or Muslim. The shrine, drawing a significant crowd of the devout from neighbouring districts as well, is attached to the Edappara Maladevar Nada temple at Karamvely, near Kozhencherry. This shrine is dedicated to the 19th century Muslim brigand, Kayamkulam Kochunni, installed and venerated inside a popular Hindu temple, in Kerala’s highly literate Pathanamthitta district. The devout from various Central Travancore districts who make a beeline to this shrine seldom think of it as a part of a unique manifestation of religious harmony.
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