Kavasseri

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Kavasseri is a small village in Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India. It is under Alathur Taluk in Palakkad district of the state of Kerala, India.

Kavasseri situated on the Alathur - Pazhayannur Road. The nearest Airport is in Coimbatore and the nearest Railway Station is Palakkad Junction. River Gayatri, a tributory river to Bharathappuzha passes through Kavasseri.

There is one High School (K C P High School) and a number of Lower Primary Schools in Kavasseri. The main activity of the people is cultivation.

Sree Parakkattu Bhagavati, who resides in Sree Parakkattu Temple, is the presiding deity of Kavasseri. The temple is surrounded by thick forests. The main festival in the temple is Pooram. It falls on the Pooram star in the month of Meenam in the Malayalam Calendar. The Pooram festival is celebrated in a grand way every year. Three Desams or regions participate in the Pooram Festival: Vavilliapuram, Kazhani and Kavasseri.

Seven days prior to the Pooram Festival, its start is marked by the performance of the Kodiyettam (flag hoisting)at Koottala. Thereafter, everyday until the festival itself, there exists a festive mood in the three Desams. During these days, Niramala and Vilakku are performed in the temple. On the day of the festival, its inauguration is marked by the Eaaduvedi, which is performed first by Vavilliapuram, followed by Kazhani and finally Kavasseri.

Then an elephant's procession starts from Koottala. The procession passes through Ganapathi Temple, Eaduvedialu, and Kaalichira, Moolichira, Chembarathi and goes on and finally reaches at the Sree Parakkattu Bhagavati Temple.

In the night there are several programs at the temple. Night Pooram starts with the arrival of Vellakuthira and Procession from Kavassery Kammanthara (Village of Artisans). The fireworks are performed and then followed by a chariot by Vavilliapuram, then from Kazhani and then from Kavasseri. The procession accompanying the chariot usually consists of each village's representatives. The next day, there is a Pooja at the temple after which it remains closed for seven days. On the seventh day , to mark the end of the Pooram festival, Kooravali is performed, where the flag which had been hoisted seven days before the festival is pulled back down.

There are other festivals such as Ekadasi Vilakku at Kongalakode Sree Krishna Temple and Vishnu Vela at Sri Ayyappan Temple, and the Mariamman Vilakku.