History

During the period 1914-1920(1090-1097ME) Diwan Sri Sankara Iyer who was the Peshkar of Cochin, during his official visit saw the Ganapathy idol in a pond and he brought the idol and installed below a banyan tree, behind the Thiruvambadi temple. He was a resident of Thiruvambady. He then suggested that the community members should make a temple for the Mahaganapathy idol. The floor below the tree was used for this good purpose. After that, Sri Lakshmana Vadhyar led the shrine of Lord Vinayaka in the small sreekovil of the temple.

Initially, there was only daily Pooja in the temple. Then Vinayaka Chaturthi , Painkuni Uthram, Sri Rama Navami and 11 days of Maharudram at the time of Navarathri was started from 1942 onwards upon the request of Sankara Iyer's family members and the members of the community. This Maharudram started as a prayfull yajna with the help of well-known members of our community for pain relief and scarcity of food from the Second World War and quit India struggle in 1942.

In the early stages, with the lack of a specified place for kitchen, Sri Lakshmana Vadhyar led Maharudram with the help of nearby Vedic philanthropists. At that time whoever performs the Samaradhana pooja(in the days of Maharudra) was conducted in their own houses.From 1962 onwards Parishat’s Kalyanamandapam is using for conducting Samaradhana.

After a long time, the "Parishad" renamed as “Parvathy Sankara Maha Ganapathi Parishad” on the wish of Shankara Iyer's family. As a memory of Mrs. Parvathy Ammal , the wife of Shankara Iyer. Then the Parishad was registered in the registrar of Joint Stock Companies Thrissur(Regd as no 5 of 1097). The following are some persons who selflessly worked hard for the upliftment of the Parishad.

Sri. A S Krishna Iyer, Sri. Justice P K Subrahmanya Iyer, Dr. V N Krishna Iyer, Sri .Ambamany Iyer, Sri. C S Swaminadha Iyer, Sri. T S Ananthakrishna Iyer, Sri. T S Vaidhyanadha Iyer, Sri. C P Venketeswara Iyer, Sri. T V S Mani Iyer, Sri. T S Konthei, Sri. M P Vaidhyandha Iyer, Sri. K R Sankaranarayana Iyer, Sri. N K Dharmarajan, Sri. N K Neelakanta Iyer,

Sri Deva Raja Ghanapadikal(known as Mysore Ghanapadikal) was highly motivated in temple aspects. The place for Kalyanamandapam of Parishad was given by the Manavar family Naickanal. Later Sri TVS Mani Iyer decided to give the place near the Kalyanamandapam and it is used for dining purpose.