Puthukulangara Devi Temple in Pathanamthitta every year bear witness to one spectacular ritual artform popularly known as Othera Padayani.
This is a ten-day festival marked by the presence of the magnificent Bhairavi Kolam and Chattathel Kolam. Bhairavi Kolam is the biggest and heaviest among all the kolams.
Bhairavi Kolam made of panels of arecanut tree and bamboo is indeed a wonder to watch. The largest kolams is made of 101 spathes and is about eighteen feet high.
The temple is considered the epicentre of Onam celebrations across Kerala.
Annually the church witnesses the participation of a large number of people from around the globe.
Thousands of devotees immersed in prayers carrying wooden crosses of different sizes and ambling up a hill; a whole village getting decked up and readying itself to welcome these pilgrims.
Once a year, the River Pamba gets enlivened as an elaborately decorated snake boat glides across its placid waters bearing the provisions for a grand feast
Pooram Purappadu, Uthram Vilakku and Vrischika Ekadasi are the popular festivals
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Details of the Padayani festival of Othera Puthukulangara Devi Temple celebrates in the Malayalam month of Meenam (corresponding English March - April).
Othara Patayani is the ten-day annual event held at Puthukulangara Devi Temple at Othara, in Pathanamthitta. Patayani is a ritual dance performed in the Kaali temples during the months of Meenam and Medam (March-April).