Nelliakattu Bhagavathi Temple Pongala Festival
Approximate Date :
This year on 30-07-2024
Date : July 30, 2024 | Karkitakam 15 | Karthika asterim
Location : Nelliakattu Bhagavathi Temple, Ernakulam
The Nelliakattu Bhagavathi temple belongs to the Nelliakattu Mana, a family of vaidyans or physicians who have extraordinary knowledge in the science of Ayurveda. The temple is located in the green hills of Koothattukulam in Ernakulam district in the southern part of Kerala. Nelliakattu Temple is well known for its annual pongala festival where female devotees offer a different pongala by preparing porridge with medicinal values instead of sweet porridge. This pongala festival falls during the Monsoon season on the day of Karthika asterism in the Malayalam month of Karkidakam.