MOTHER KALI OF KODUNGALLUR

FESTIVALS

Talappoli and Bhavani are the two major festivals, the temple conducts with great pomp and splendour every year. The former lasting for 4 days is famous for its colourful pageantry, and the latter for about a month for ritualistic offerings. Both lure thousands and thousands every year. Talappoli is akin to the Pongal festival celebrated in Tamilnadu and Andhra. 

It is a harvest festival when gaiety reaches its highest height with tire works and lusty participation, mostly by working class, when they flock during this time. The elephant procession starting from the Kurubayamma shrine lying at about half a Km is a grand occasion when an array of gaily dressed women carry trays with coconuts and rice for offering to the MOTHER. The usual paraphenalia - chamaram, avalotiam accompanied by sound and light lend unusual charm to the festivities and entertain all classes of people.

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