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High medieval · Hindu · India
Chakkulathukavu Temple
Neerattupuram, Alappuzha district, Kerala · 9.3669°, 76.5142°
DurgaUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Durga temple on the Pampa at Neerattupuram, about 9 km from Thiruvalla, which grew from a family shrine into one of Kerala's best-known temples. Its Pongala in the month of Vrischikam draws hundreds of thousands of women, and it also keeps the twelve-day Panthrandu Noyampu fast and the Naree Pooja.