Kookkanam Apyaal Tharavad Kurathiyamma Devasthanam temple is located at Kookkanam in Kannur district, Kerala. The shrine is dedicated to Goddess Kurathi Amma. The annual theyyam thira kaliyattam festival is held for two days in Malayalam Kumbha Masam – Kumbham 11 and Kumbham 12 (February 23 and Feb 24).
This is a privately family-owned temple. This is a small shrine
with a square sanctum sanctorum (chathura sreekovil) for the main deity. Other deities
are worshipped in smaller sreekovil and on raised square platforms. Certain
deities are given space under trees.
The important theyyams that can be witnessed at Kookkanam
Apyal Tharavad Kurathiyamma Devasthanam temple are Kurathi theyyam, Gulikan and
Vishnumoorthi.