Significance: Malayalapuzha Devi is believed to grant boons for extending prosperity to all the devotees. The goddess is worshiped for protecting the devotee from enemies, getting the unmarried girls married, obtaining job for the unemployed, and helping businesses flourish. This popular belief and faith makes the temple visited by devotees from far locations. The devi is also known as Goddess Idathattil Bhagwathi
Address: Malayalapuzha Devi Temple, Malayazhapuzha Devaswam, Kumbazha Malayalapuzha Rd, Malayalapuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kerala
Google Tag: 9.2883° N, 76.8229° E
Temple Timings: 5 AM to 1 PM | 5 PM to 8 PM
Presiding deity: Bhagvathy Bhadrakali
Sub Deities: Brahma Rakshas, Nagaraja and a swayambu Shiva Linga.
Offerings: Offerings include Thoniyari Payasam (sweet rice), Ney Vilakku (lighting of ghee lamps), Nirapara (offering of rice, paddy and sugar to the brim of the measuring vessel called para). Ablutions are done with white ash, sandal, oil, milk, ghee and tender coconut water too.
Festivals: Vinayaka Chathurthi, Navarathri, Sivarathri and other major festivals are celebrated in a grand manner. Tuesdays and Fridays are important days in all Devi temples. The heavy rush on those days can make you wait for darshan (viewing). The annual festival of Malayalapuzha Devi Temple starts on the day of the star Thiruvathira in Kumbham (February–March). Aarattu (dipping the deity in the temple tank or river) is performed on the eleventh day.
