Penangimetta Malayan Kavu temple – Amminikavu – (പെനാങ്കിമൊട്ട മലയന് കാവ്) is located at Penangimotta near Kadirur in Kannur district, Kerala. The shrine is dedicated to Khandakarnan, Vasoorimala and other deities. The theyyam thira kaliyattam festival is held in Malayalam Vrishchika Masam for two days – Vrishchikam 18 to Vrischikam 19 (December 3 to December 4).
The important theyyams that can be witnessed at Penangimetta
Malayan Kavu temple – Amminikavu – are Khandakarnan theyyam, Pottan theyyam,
Sasthappan, Thekkan Gulikan and Vasoorimala theyyam.
The temple has square sanctum sanctorum – chathura sreekovil
– for the main deity. Some deities are worshipped under trees and atop square
platforms. There are smaller sreekovils for other deities. Sankranti in every
month is of great importance here.