Pallikkara Payangappadan Tharavadu Devasthanam temple is located at Pallikkara near Nileshwar in Kasaragod district, Kerala. The shrine is dedicated to Chamundi and some rare deities worshipped in kavu and tharavadu in the region. The annual theyyam thira kaliyattam festival is held once in three years for two days in Malayalam Vrischika Masam – Vrischikam 10 and Vrischikam 11 (November 26 to November 27).
The important theyyams that can be witnessed at Vadakke Pallikkara
Payangappadan Tharavadu Devasthanam temple are Achi theyyam, Acchan theyyam and
Chamundi theyyam.
The temple has a chathura sreekovil (square sanctum
sanctorum) for the main deity. Some deities are worshipped atop small square
platforms and under trees. The temple performs special pujas and rituals on
Sankranti day. This is a small privately maintained family temple.