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Moved by
compassion the Bhagawati rushed to the spot, sword in hand. The yakshi left hold of the
victim and ran away. But the Mother caught her by the hair, cut her head and threw it in
the southern tank. As a result the water became red like blood. This tank is therefore
still called Rakthakulam (blood tank).
After the slaying of the yakshi the priest is said to have performed abhisheka and offered
malar (puffed rice) naivedya. This custom still continues.
It is widely believed that this incident actually took place some two hundred years ago.
There is however another version with a slight variation. According to the Nambudiri was
going to Triprayar for the Pooram festival when he met a beautiful woman walking alone in
the night. At the temple, it was Kalloor a great magician who met him and pointed out he
was in the company of a fiendish girl. |
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