Poruvazhi Malanada temple

Poruvazhi Malanada temple

• Hero-worship is something that you are all familiar with. But what if you get a chance to visit a temple where adorations are devoted not for a hero but for a villainous character in an epic.
•  Poruvazhi Malanada Temple is that place where the worshipped figure is Duryodhana the antagonist in the Indian epic Mahabharata. Not just this; the temple doesn't have an idol or a sanctum sanctorum.

• Poruvazhi Malanada Temple is also noted for a spectacular event called Malanada Kettukazcha a one-day festival celebrated in the month of March. 
• The procession is a fascinating sight in which decorated structures are taken out to the accompaniment of traditional orchestra of drums. Some of these structures are 70 to 80 ft tall and they are made in a competitive spirit by the people of the surrounding villages. 

• The structures are either carried on the shoulders or taken out on chariots. The event attracts large number of devotees every year.

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