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Parumala Valiya Panayannarkavu Devi Temple (Malayalam: പരുമല വലിയ പനയന്നാർകാവ് ദേവി ക്ഷേത്രം) is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Sri Badrakali and Lord Shiva, situated on the banks of the Pampa river at Parumala of Pathanamthitta District in Kerala state in India. [2]
It is dedicated to the goddess Bhadrakali, a form of Mahakali or simply Durga or Aadi Parashakthi or Bhuvaneshwari or Kannagi worshipped and significantly revered in Kerala. The goddess is known also by the names "Sri Kurumba"" (The Mother of Kodungallur). This temple is the head of 64 Bhadrakali temples in Kerala.
The name Mudipura means the place where Bhadrakali's hair (Mudi is the Malayalam word for hair and Pura means house) is kept. [2] The main temples where Kaliyoottu takes place are Vellayani Devi Temple near Thiruvananthapuram and Sarkara Devi Temple near Chirayinkeezhu and Phanamukham Devi Temple Kulathoor, Uchhackada near Neyyatinkara [ 1 ] In ...
The temple is under the control of Valiya Koonambaikulam Sree Bhadrakali Kshetra Trust. The trust owns an Engineering college called Valia Koonambaikulathamma College of Engineering and Technology (VKCET) at Parippally in Kollam district.
Palliyarathalam Bhadrakali Kshethram is an ancient temple located at Nedumpuram East (near Podiyadi, Thiruvalla) in Pathanamthitta in the Indian state of Kerala. The deities of the temple are Devi and Shiva. The temple belongs to Travancore Devaswom Board. Poojas are conducted occasionally to the Brahma Rakshassu.
Maha Durga has three forms, Ugrachanda, Bhadrakali and Katyayani. [2] [3] Bhadrakali Durga is also worshiped in the form of her nine epithets called Navadurga. The main deity in this temple is Durga who is also called Mizhavil Bhagavathi in a separate Sanctum prohibited to public. Mizhavil Bhagavathi exists as Chandi and Chamunda in this temple.
Finally, Bhadrakali chopped the head of demon Darika. Kaliyoot is a synthesis of older agrarian art tradition is a further established by the fact that the time chosen for performing Kaliyoot after Makara Koithu (the Malayalam month of Makaram corresponds to the season of the second harvest season in Kerala.
Kodimoottil Sri Bhadrakali Temple, Parippally, Kollam, Kerala Geographic coordinates 8°48′52.6″N 76°45′38.6″E / 8.814611°N 76.760722°E / 8.814611; 76.760722