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High medieval · Hindu · India
Bhayankavu Bhagavathi Temple
Kavilakkad, Purathur, Malappuram district, Kerala · 10.8189°, 75.9217°
BhagavathiUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A goddess temple near Tirur whose square sanctum holds a granite image of the Mother Goddess along with subsidiary deities. It is best known for the Thalappoli observance in the Malayalam month of Kumbam, with Kalamezhuthu floor drawings and Poothan and Thira folk performances.