Aryankavu Bhagavathi temple is located on the Kavalappara – Koonathara Road at Kavalapara in Palakkad district, Kerala. The shrine is dedicated to Goddess Bhagavathy or Devi. The annual festival in the temple is famous as Aryankavu Pooram and is held from Meena masam 1 to 21 (March – April). The pooram usually falls on April 4. Though a small temple of Valluvanad , Aryankavu Bhagavathi temple has a long history connected with Kavalappara swaroopam and Mooppil Nair .The biggest Pooram festival in Malabar used to take place at the Aryankavu temple. Aryankavu Bhagavathi is the deity of ninety-six villages of Valluvanad. The Pooram is held with the participation of 96 villages which was under the Kavalappara Swaroopam. The festival has not lost its charm though number of participating Desams has reduced. Tholpavakoothu (shadow puppetry) is performed on all the 21 days of the festival. The theme of the play is based on the Kamba Ramayana, narrated in a diction that is a mixture of Mal