Puthari Thiruvappana

The Puthari Thiruvappana is the annual festival of Parassinikadavu Sree Muthappan Temple in Kannur. This two days festival will have rituals like Muthappan Vellattam performance in the evening and Kalasam Ezhunnallathu during the night. The festival is celebrated on 16 of the Malayalam month of Vrischikam (mostly on 1 or 2 of December)
 
Celebrated as a harvest festival, devotees and farmers offer freshly harvested rice crops (puthari) to the Madappura. The festival also has a grand ceremonial feast prepared using the same.