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Vettikulangara Devi Temple, Cheppad

Cheppad, Haripad, Alappuzha district, Kerala · 9.2380°, 76.4630°

Durga (Karthiyayini Devi)UndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

One of the older Devi temples of Kerala, administered by the Travancore Devaswom Board, with subsidiary shrines to Mahadeva, Ganesha, Ayyappan, Nagaraja and Nagayakshi. Its principal festivals are the Thrikarthika Maholsavam in Vrischikam and the Thiru Utsavam in Kumbham.

Sthala katha — the legend

A Brahmin scholar called Thampuran is said to have brought a Devi idol here, which the Naluveettil family later found while digging a pond.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined