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ചെട്ടികുളങ്ങര ശ്രീ ഭഗവതി ക്ഷേത്രം
Mavelikkara, Kerala · 9.2276°, 76.5172°
A large Bhadrakali temple in Alappuzha district, reckoned to be around twelve hundred years old, with its present sreekovil dating to about 1540. It is best known for Kettukazhcha, in which the surrounding villages bring towering decorated effigies and chariots to the temple ground.
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.
A boatman is said to have ferried a mysterious old woman to Chettikulangara who then vanished, and the people took this as the goddess herself arriving to claim the place for her temple.
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coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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