Panayanthatta Tharavadu temple is located at Puthiyakandam near Kanhangad in Kasaragod district, Kerala. The shrine is dedicated to Bhagavathi, Chamundi, Vishnumoorthi and numerous other deities. The annual theyyam thira kaliyattam festival is held for two days in Malayalam Vrischika Masam – Vrischikam 5 to Vrischikam 6 (November 21 to November 22).
The important theyyams that can be witnessed at Panayanthatta
Tharavadu temple are Aryakkara Bhagavathi theyyam, Dhandayanghanathu
Bhagavathi, Gulikan theyyam, Kammadathamma theyyam, Parakulaangara Bhagavathi
thyeyyam, Vishnumoorthi theyyam and Raktha Chamundi theyyam.
This is a small shrine with a deerkha chathura sreekovil for
the main deities. There are other smaller shrines here. Some deities are
worshipped atop small square platforms. Sankranti in a Malayalam month is of
great importance. This is a privately maintained family temple.