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Bharanikavu Devi Temple – Festival

Bharanikavu Devi temple is located at Bharanikavu near Kattanam in Alappuzha district, Kerala. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Bhagavathy. Meena Bharani is an important festival day in the temple.

This is a traditional Kerala temple with kodimaram, namaskara mandapam, shrines of upa devatas and nalambalam. The temple has a chathura sreekovil which faces east.

Jeevitha Ezhunnallathu is part of the temple festivals and rituals. The annual festival is famous for ezhunnallathu, abhishekam, homam and various other tantric pujas and rituals. Temple art forms of Kerala, melam, caparisoned elephants, huge effigies of characters from epics and puranas and colorful procession are part of the annual festival.

Navratri, Thrikarthika and other Devi temple festivals and rituals are observed here.