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Malayalappuzha, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala · 9.2881°, 76.8230°
A Bhadrakali temple at Malayalappuzha in Pathanamthitta district whose 5.5-foot image is made in katu-sarkara-yogam and shows the goddess in her fierce form; the sanctum holds three images, used respectively for worship, abhisheka and sreebali. Its consecration is credited to the Aikireth and Eravimangalath Namboothiri families, and its eleven-day festival opens on Thiruvathira in Kumbham.
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.
Two Namboothiri pilgrims are said to have been directed by Bhadrakali herself to enshrine her at Malayalappuzha as the most auspicious place.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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