This holy temple is supposed to be remaining from the ancient times and consequently the entire buildings of the temple complex were all in a dilapidated condition and were in bad disrepair. On the 25th of December 1997, when the festival was in progress at Noon with three caparisoned elephants, drum beating and the other musical accompaniments, one naughty elephant damaged the lampstand (Deepastampham) and the devi temple and then shook one of the damaged pillars of the Koothambalam. In no time, the entire roof of the Koothambalam collapsed, causing injuries to a few devotees gathered in the Koothambalam. Then the elephant ran amuck and the crowd witnessing the festival was panic-stricken and ran helter-skelter. It was quite sad to see that three women succumbed to their injuries. Suddenly, the members of the Paripalana Committee and the Trustee Board along with the philantropists present on the spot rose to the occasion and were engrossed in safety measures and were successful, to a certain extent in lessening the impact of the calamity and mitigating the sufferings of the devotees. On the ill-fated day, the remaining celebration was cancelled. Later, on a Swarna Prasnam conducted in the temple, it was pointed out that the entire worn-out buildings of the temple complex. must be renovated soon.
Immediately after the demolition of Koothambalam, the Paripalana Committee together with the Trustee Board commenced the historic and the holy renovation work of the entire complex. By the mercy and blessings of God, the Mahaganapathi and thanks to the strenuous efforts and effective and efficient management of the Paripalana Committee and the Trustee Board constituted from time to time, they could succeed in mustering an enormous sum of money and in reconstructing the main temple without moving the Pratishta, the Koothambalam, the temples for Gulikan, Kanjirangottu Bhagavathi and the Kuruthikav Bhagavathy during the last seventeen years. They also put up permanent open sheds (Nadappandal) in the northern and eastern parts of the temple. They also took pains to see that the entire courtyard of the temple is paved with granite stones by the time.
