| Temples & Legends Of Kerala |
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A TEMPLE FOR KANNAKI |
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| The Two
Festivals Talappoli and Bharani are the two main festivals conducted in the temple every year. The former is a colorful pageant, full of merriment, with mainly the local people participating while the Bharani festival is purely devotional and ritualistic, yet attracting pilgrims from all over Kerala. Talappoli starts on Makara Sankranti-the first of Makaram (December-January) and lasts 4 days. It is a harvest festival coinciding with Pongal celebrated in Tamil Nadu and certain parts of South India. As done elsewhere, here also on the day previous to Makara Sankranti, rubbish and other unwanted materials are collected and burnt. Houses and courtyards are cleaned. The temple premises are decorated and a large fair set up. A part of the rice from the freshly harvested paddy is set apart as offering to the Goddess.
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