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High medieval · Hindu · India
Anicad Sree Bhagavathi Temple
Anicad, Kottayam district, Kerala · 9.6026°, 76.6839°
Bhadrakali (as Bala Bhadrakali)UndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A hilltop goddess shrine in Kottayam district where Kali is worshipped in her younger Bala Bhadrakali form, the idol installed facing east as a mirror image. Its principal observance is the Kalamezhuthupaattu held in the Malayalam month of Meenam.