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ARUVAKKAD
DEVI
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Prathishta: Saraswathi,
Parvathi, Lakshmi
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Dist: Alappuzha
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Festival:
The main festival is on Meenam month of malayalam calendar. It last for
10 days.
Thiripidutham
is main ritual
during
the time. Devotees
hold lighted wicks.
It is nice moment to watch, at that time entire temple will be filled
with divine light. The atmostpher created at this time is excellent.
Last day of the festival is special here, where devotees comes to see
"Deeparadhana" (offering prayer with lights) in chuttambalam (outer
side of temple). After
deeparadhana devotees go to temple pond for taking a holy dip and come
back to temple with the same wet clothes. Praying with wet cloths is
auspicious. Poojari of the temple gives lighted oil lamp to devotees
and devotees do pradhakshina in the temple. By doing so it is believed
that devotees can get rid of life's miseries with devi's blesings
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Importance
/ Main offerings:
Pongala
is main offering here in month of Makaram (January/February).
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Description:
Presiding deity is bhagavathy (devi). The
deity also known as Aruvakkad Amma. Speciality
of this deity is that devi has three different forms namely Saraswathy,
Parvathy, Lakshmi. It is believed that after killing demon Daruka,
devi washed her sword in the pond of this temple.
Siva,
Muruga, Gosala Krishna, Kodum Kali and Saraswathy are the
sub-deities.
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other information:
Aruvakkad
devi is considered as sister of the
Kanachikulangara devi and Kodungallur devi.
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Route: Aruvakkad
is located 8-km south of the town.
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