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Ummannoor Anchumoorthy Temple – Festival

Ummannoor Anchumoorthy temple is located at Pazhinjam-Ummannoor Road, in Ummannoor, Kollam district, Kerala. The Anchu Moorthi temple is dedicated to five deities including Muruga, Ganapathi, Shiva and Sri Krishna. The annual festival in the temple is held in Malayalam Meda Masam (April – May).

This is a beautiful Kerala temple with a vatta sreekovil, namaskara mandapam, shrines of upa devatas and chuttambalam.

The temple observes various rituals and pujas including Thaipooyam, Skanda Sashti, Maha Shivratri, Vinayaka Chathurthi in Chinga Masam, Gokulashtami and Thrikarthika festival.

The annual festival in the temple is famous both Vaishnava and Shaiva pujas and rituals. Traditional temple art forms and melam are part of the festivities.