Mangaladevi Temple

About Mangaladevi Temple

With an ancient history, grand celebrations, immense devotion, detailed artistic outlook and never-ending things to buy, the temple site of the Hindu Goddess Mangaladevi is definitely among the best places to visit in Thekkady. and it just cannot be missed in any Thekkady tour package.

Major Attractions

1. Rich History

The ancient and much-celebrated history of the sacred temple dates back to the ninth century. The priests and purohits there can tell you in detail about the legends associated with the place. It is well believed that a woman named Kannaki transformed her human self into the divine form of a Goddess after setting Madurai on fire about a thousand years back. Here divine idol is worshipped here since then. The revenge of the wife for false accusations of theft on her husband can be read in detail.

2. Festivals

The separate months of October and March are the two prime months that celebrate the Hindu Festival of Navratri (the Nine Nights) which celebrates the nine forms of the Goddess. The temple is flooded with devotees from across the globe and it is an ideal time to explore the holy site. The beauty of the temple will be a sight of a lifetime for anyone who believes in its sacredness. Apart from Navratri, Dussehra is another Hindu festival that is celebrated with equal intensity here.

3. Art

The outer part of the temple is beautifully engraved with Hindu Shlokas, scriptures, and God images. Art indeed tells a lot about the past of a country’s religion or the place itself. The details of the inscriptions here will not just attract the art lovers and art students but the general appreciators of art as well.

4. Shop

There are little shops set up outside the temple from where you may buy little souvenirs and miniature idols of gods and accessories for your temple which you can take along as little mementos for your family, gifts for your loved ones and a form of blessings of the Goddess. This is one of the best places in Kerala tour packages.

Mangaladevi temple pooja list.

There are a lot of Pooja rituals that take place which is there in the Seva List of the Mangaldevi Temple website.

Mangaladevie temple festival.

In this temple, there is a festival that is celebrated on the occasion of Chitra Poornima.