Manakkattu Devi Temple
The temple is located at Pallippad in Karthikappalli taluk. It is situated about 4 km east of Harippad on Nangiarkulangara Mavelikkara road. It comes under four NSS Karayogams (Thekkummuri, Kottakkakam, Naduvattom and Thekkekkara kizhakku).
Long before at the time before at Dvapra yuga, these areas were included in Khandava forest. Arjuna sent his arrow as per the advice of Bhagavan Sree Krishna from eythooru later known as Evoor, where a famous Sree krishna swami temple is situated. After Khandava Dahana the temples in this area caught fire. Decades later a farmer lady on the way to the paddy fields tried to sharpen her Sickle knife on the stone she found in the fields. While sharpening, the sharp blade stuck the stone and blood started oozing from the stone. The frightened lady went to the prominent Brahmin Family, Kochoor Madom and informed the High Priest of the Madom about the incident. The high priest came down and found Sree Bhuvaneswary idol at the place. He consecrated the idol near to the old shasta temple which was consecrated by Parasu Rama. The area where Sree ponnu Manakkattamma's idol was found is known as Valiya Manakkattu Kaavu.
Manakkattamma is in the form of Sree Bhuvaneswari. The Mother Godssess of all things great and small. She is the Prakruthi Devi. Manakkattu Temple rituals are entirely different. It has three different poojas on three daily occasions for Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi like Mookambika Devi.
Location
Karthikappalli
Main Deity
Goddess Bhuveneshwari
Other Deities
Valiyachan, Yakshi, Madaswami, Nagarajav, Moorthi & Rekshasu
Festivals
Makara Bharani, Navarathhri Pooja, The annual festival is celebrated in the Malayalam month of Midhunam.
Main Offerings
Kadumpayasam, Therali.
How To Reach
By Air: Trivandrum International Airport is situated at 115 KM from the temple.
By Rail: Mavelikara Railway Station is 9.1 KM from the Temple.
By Road: Mavelikara KSRTC bus station is 7.6 KM from the Temple.