The Kumaranalloor temple is situated in the Perumbaikad village of
Kottayam taluk. Though owned by a few Namboodiri families the temple
is held in high esteem by the local people and it's construction is
on the pattern of the temples of Tamilnadu.
The important festival of the temple is Thrikkarthika celebrated
in the month of Vrischikam (November-December). On the Karthika day
it is usual to make a nivedyam (offering) in the precincts of the
Udayanapuram and Thrissur Vadakkunnatha temples. The story goes that
the Gods in these two temples were greatly charmed by the beauty of
the Devi returning after her Karthika bath. They came out of the temples,
got over the compound walls, and stood there looking amorously at
the seductive figure of the passing Devi, and the temple priest who
ran helterskelter in search of the Gods, finally met them on the walls
at the southern end of the temples. Thenceforth, during Karthika,
puja is performed over the walls of these temples.
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