Ashtamudi Veera Bhadra Temple
This temple is situated at the banks of the Ashtamudi lake at Thrikaruva
Panchayat in Kollam district. The presiding deity is Veera Bhadran
and is facing south. Sub-deity is Bhairavan, and is seated in the
main sanctum sanctorum. Till the time Arrack was prohibited, AtTack
was offered to the deity along with offerings of Fowl and Goat. The
idol looked like a flat stone linga. Star days of Pooradam, Uthradam
and Thiruvonam during the Malayalam month of Kanya are observed as
festival days. Shayanapradikshanam is the main ritual. The temple
belonged to the Kavanad, Kuttiyeyazthu family.
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