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Kadakkal, Kollam district, Kerala · 8.8333°, 76.9232°
A goddess shrine in eastern Kollam district unusual for having neither an idol nor a priest of the ordinary kind; the village around it was a centre of social-reform agitation in the decades before Indian independence.
The Devi is said to have come from Tamil Nadu with four sisters and to have killed a trader named Panayappan who had cheated her family, then settled into his wooden shop, which became the sanctum.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined