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Chottanikkara, Ernakulam, Kerala · 9.9332°, 76.3914°
One of Kerala's most visited goddess temples, where the same deity is worshipped in three aspects through the day: Saraswati in the morning, Lakshmi at noon and Durga in the evening. It has a long reputation as a place of healing for the mentally distressed.
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 tribal named Kannappan who sacrificed buffaloes to the goddess found a divine calf embodying Vishnu and Lakshmi, and after his daughter's death was read as punishment for his cruelty, his altar became the sacred shrine.
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coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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