Kattusseri

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Kattusseri is a small village in Alathur Taluk, in the Palakkad district of Kerala, south India. The festival of Pudiyankam-Kattusseri Vela is held here, as well as in the neighbouring village of Pudiyankam.

The name Kattusseri, or Kattussery, might have evolved over a period of time from the word "Kattu cheri", meaning a place located in the foothills of a forest, as Kattusseri is located in the foothills of a mountain named Veezhumala. There is a little-known ruin of an old temple at the peak of Veezhumala. Hindu legend states that Veezhumala is a piece fallen from Sanjeevani, which was being carried by the god Hanuman.