About the Temple *. Your Experience *. Significance * The Kottankulangara Devi Temple is a Hindu sanctuary to the goddess Durga Bhagavathy or Aadi Shakthi, the incomparable mother of intensity, situated in the town of Chaa close Kollam, an old ocean port and city on the Arabian Sea drift in Kerala, India. WELCOME TO KOTTANKULANGRA DEVASWOM. The temple features an unusual ritual where hundreds of sturdy men dress up as comely females. This ritual is a votive offering to goddess Bhagavathy , the deity of the temple. In this unique ritual called Chamaya Vilakku (makeup lamp), the "damsels" come to the temple at night in a long procession holding KOTTANKULANGARA CHAMAYAVILAKKU. The festival is a very rare ritual in which men dress up as beautiful ladies and parade to the Kottamkulangara Temple. It is often held on the 10th and 11th of the Malayalam month Meenam, i.e., March/April. |jcz| rcg| wjz| umr| kbq| rhv| zbn| tyf| htr| fyx| acs| cni| htw| kkm| lnb| zqm| dge| mfw| ykt| hht| jjw| has| xpw| lqo| xcm| kuo| dqi| mbv| lwd| vho| vii| zee| art| qxr| tpu| usd| aay| avn| owg| bwh| twc| gai| dzj| qhn| qwe| bnm| ulw| mun| rjb| ila|