Pazhayannur Bhagavathy Temple is located at Pazhayannur in Thrissur district, Kerala. The 8-day annual Pazhayannur Temple festival concludes with Arattu on Thiruvonam nakshatra day in Meenam month. The annual festival is note for all important temple festival rituals associated with Bhagavathi and Vishnu temples. The main ritual is the Ezhunnallathu with five caparisoned elephants. The main deity worshipped in the temple is Vishnu but importance is given to Bhagavathi who is an Upa Devata in the temple. The Sankalpam of goddess or Bhagavathy in the temple is that Vaishnava Durga. The deity faces east. The moolasthan of Bhagavathi is under a raised platform known as unnialthara in the south side of the temple. The Upa Devatas worshipped in the temple are Shiva, Ganapathy and Ayyappan. Flying live roosters and feeding them is an important offering to the deity here. Pazhayannur Temple History The temple in the beginning only had a Vishnu murti who was known as Pallipurath Appan