Sree Kunnathoor Durga Devi Temple

The Sree Kunnathoor Durga Devi temple is dedicated to Durga and is located at Kuttamperoor, Kerala, India. The presiding deity is Sree Durga Devi. Other deities in the temple include Sree Sivan, Sree Vishnu, Yakshi, Navagrahangal, Saparivaram and Nagar.Kunnathoor Devi Kshetram or also called Kunnathoor Devi Mandir is a sacred Hindu temple. This sacred Hindu worship place is situated only 4 km distance from town Mannar. However, the presiding deity of this temple is Goddess Durga but there are some other sacred idols of Hindu gods and Goddess can be seen. Some of the important Hindu deities are including Lord Shiva or Mahadeva, Lord Mahavishnu, Nagadaivangal, Lord Navagraha Dampathikal, Lord Ganapathy, Murthi and Yakshi. Moreover, the temple is famous for its spiritual festival called Paraykkezhunnallippu which held every year. It is believed that during the festival, the Goddess visits every house in the village. According to local folklore, Goddess takes her spiritual share from every house. Thus villagers like to offer her various stuffs such as Sugar, Rise, Paddy etc. apart from Paraykkezhunnallippu, there is also another important ritual performed called Tirali Vazhipadu. During the Tirali Vazhipadu ritual, devotees are given sweets as a Prasad or Goddess offerings. According to temple’s sculptures, it may have been built by a Dravidian dynasty. Moreover, according to a popular legend, many centuries ago the place wherein present temple exists used to be a barren area. Once, a sacred person visited the village and worshiped Goddess for continuously 40 days. Thus he was granted ultimate salvation. After getting the salvation, the followers of holy man and Goddess Durga decided to build a magnificent temple at this place. According to local inhabitants, Devi Durga is the main Goddess or Kuldevi of neighboring villages. Moreover, there are various mysterious stories spread regarding the miracles of Devi Durga.