Mangottu Kavu Temple

Mangottu Kavu Temple

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The presiding deity is Mangottu Bhagavathy. Every year the annual festival ("vela") is conducted on the second Sunday after "Vishu" (in April), the starting of the Malayalam new year.

The "Mangottu Kavu" vela is preceded by a host of festivities starting exactly a week before the actual festival. On the first Sunday after "vishu" the "Kodiyattum" (Flag raising) ceremony is performed. On Monday there is a "kari-kali" dance festival, wherein members of the "Nair" community visit all the Hindu homes in the locality and dance and sing the deities devotional songs. On Tuesday "chamanz-kali" follows. Here too members of the Nair community sing devotional songs visiting each Hindu home in the locality.

Wednesday there is "Kumati" festival. There are other cultural events like "chakiyaar kutt", "pavva kutt" and so on during this festival period. A host of devotees arrive for the main "vela" festival.

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