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High medieval · Hindu · India
Sree Kattayattu Bhagavathi Kshethram
Peruvayal, Kozhikode district, Kerala · 11.2600°, 76.9056°
Devi as Moovanthikkali and Arayil BhagavathiUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Bhagavathi temple in the village of Peruvayal near Kozhikode, where the goddess is worshipped in two forms, Moovanthikkali and Arayil Bhagavathi, with Ganapathi and Ayyappa as attendant deities. Its ritual year turns on the Paattulsavam and the Thottam performances.