Mangottu Kavu Temple

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Mangottu Kavu

Mangottu Kavu is a Hindu temple located in Athipotta, a small village in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India.

The presiding deity is Mangottu Bhagavathy. Every year the annual festival (vela) is conducted on the second Sunday after Vishu (in April), the starting of the Malayalam new year.

The Mangottu Kavu vela is preceded by a host of festivities starting exactly a week before the actual festival. On the first Sunday after vishu the Kodiyattum (Flag raising) ceremony is performed. On Monday there is a kari-kali dance festival, wherein members of the Nair community visit all the Hindu homes in the locality and dance and sing the deities devotional songs. On Tuesday chamanz-kali follows. Here too members of the Nair community sing devotional songs visiting each Hindu home in the locality.

Wednesday there is Kumati festival. There are other cultural events like chakiyaar kutt, pavva kutt and so on during this festival period. A host of devotees arrive for the main vela festival.