The Kolathukara Temple, located in Kulathoor, Thiruvananthapuram district, holds a significant place in history due to its reconsecration by Narayana Guru. Establishing a Shiva Temple there had long been a fervent aspiration of the local community. Following the historic Aruvippuram consecration, Guru journeyed to Kolathukara. Responding to the people's pleas, he proceeded to demolish the existing old and dilapidated Devi temple on the site. In its place, he erected a new temple and consecrated Shiva. This act held immense significance, particularly for lower-caste devotees, who until then had been compelled to rely on the upper-caste Thrippappoor temple, where their right to independent worship was denied.
Animal sacrifice and offerings of meat, fish, and liquor, along with rituals like singing and ‘thookkam’(hook swinging), were held regularly at the old Kolathukara temple. It was with the Guru's reconsecration that animal sacrifice became prohibited here. It is noteworthy that this prohibition preceded the law banning animal sacrifice by many years. The Guru composed the poem ‘Kolathireesasthavam’ on the occasion of this temple consecration.
The Jagannatha Temple is located in Thalassery, Kannur district. Guru established the temple and performed the consecration in 1908. The temple was named after the famous Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha. It is considered a model temple untouched by caste thinking. A special ceremony called ‘Elaneerattom’ (Tender Coconut Bath), where many people carry pots filled with tender coconut water and visit the temple chanting 'Om', is a specialty of this temple. The idol is then anointed with this tender coconut water. This ceremony used to be held during the Malayalam month of Edavam.
Guru directed that the money collected from the ‘Elaneerattom’ ritual be used for the education and industrial training of poor children. In 1912, half of the income from the temple was given to Guru to buy land for the construction of the Advaita Ashram at Aluva. In 1927, while Guru was alive, the famous writer and Guru devotee Moorkothu Kumaran took the initiative to install a ‘panchaloha’ (five-metal) statue of the Guru on the north side of the temple. The unveiling of the statue was done by Bodhananda Swami.
