Cheruvally Devi Temple

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

The Judge Ammavan shrine honours a Travancore judge who condemned his own innocent nephew and then sought his own execution; his restless spirit is said to have troubled the place until the shrine was raised to appease him.