Panangattukara Karthyayani temple is located on the Wadakkanchery – Ramavarmapuram road. The 8-day annual festival in the temple begins with kodiyettam on uthiram nakshatra in Meenam month
The main deity worshipped in the temple s Goddess Karthyayani. The sanctum sanctorum is round – vatta sreekovil.
The Upa Devata in the temple is Ganapathy.
The shrine is one among the 108 Durga temples in Kerala. The shrine is known as Mangalam in kshetra nama stotravali.