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High medieval · Hindu · India
Karingattukavu Devi Temple
Prayar, Chengannur, Alappuzha district, Kerala · 9.3283°, 76.5804°
Durga and BhadrakaliUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A goddess temple on the bank of the Pampa at Prayar in Chengannur taluk, dedicated jointly to Durga and Bhadrakali. Its annual festival falls in the Malayalam month of Meenam, with Karthika as the chief day.