Dharmi Kulangara Temple is a very ancient and famous temple located in the village of Mazhur in Taliparambil, Kannur district. The main deity of the temple is Lord Balarama, the brother of Lord Krishna.
The legend about the Dharmi Kulangara Temple is as follows. Karanavar of Mazhur Perumthattayil used to go to the Thrichambaram temple every day. But Karanavar was affected by old age and due to this, he could not go to the Thrichambaram temple.
One night, Karanavar had a dream. A cow was lying near Mazhurillam and the name of that cow was Dharmi. If you dig up the place where the cow had deposited its dung, you will find a Salagram there. Thus, the dream vision was that a new temple should be built at the place where that Salagram was found.
The next day, Namboodiri saw a cow calf near the house, as he had seen in his dream, and when he dug up the place where the cow calf had deposited its dung, he found a Salagram there. Realizing that his dream had come true, Namboodiri dug a large pond and installed the Salagram in that pond. Then he built a temple there, and the idol of Balarama, which was gifted by Narada Muni from the Trichambaram temple, was installed in this temple by Karanvar. This temple was named Dharmikulangara Temple because of the cow calf named Dharmi.
Dharmikulangara Temple, which is an important temple in Kannur district, is also known as Mazhur Balarama Swamy Temple.
