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Pallikkara Payangappadan Tharavadu Devasthanam Temple – Kaliyattam Theyyam Thira Festival

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.