MOTHER KALI OF KODUNGALLUR

The Bharani festival lasting for about a month falls in the month of Kumbham corresponding to Feb-March, has a greater pull since it has many special features. It is during then the temple is supposed to get desecrated due to observance of certain rituals when the regular Nambudri priests carry the behest of the non Brahmin temporary priests belonging to goldsmith community. Sacrifice of cocks is one as such and it is very common and thousands of them are offered.

Hence it is called fittingly the cock festival. It is to be dominated by Nair community, who had the privilege of inaugurating, it with throwing the packets of turmeric, peper, coins, coconuts and live cocks into the temple precincts prior to Bharani. A non-Brahmin enters the garbhagriha and offers Trichandanapoticharta i.e. smearing the idol with holy sandal powder when all the doors kept closed. After this ritual lasting for nearly three hours, the doors are flung open for Darshan to outsiders pilgrims only. 

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