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In a place where menstruating women are banished from temples for seven days, such a ritual has an added significance.
These jars, which have already created interest and curiosity among the devotees and the history buffs, are said to be here since the inception of the temple.
There would be special pujas and music concerts, every day, to mark the sacred occasion of the Navratri.
Devotees of all ages take a chance to draw the chariots in order to seek blessings and a big rush is witnessed in front of each chariot.
Mamankam was originally a temple festival-cum-fair held beside the Nava Mukunda Temple at Thirunavaya on the bank of the Bharathappuzha River.
The special ritual which commences on November 21 will end on January 15, coinciding with Makar Sankranti festival.
The 'Trimurtis' (three major deities) have separate temples in the Mithrananadapuram complex.
The temple had been built following the architecture of a bygone era whereby big square granite stones are meticulously arranged to form the structure of the shrine.
Malamalkkavu Ayyappa Temple is quite well-known, not just for the blue lotus flower, but for the percussion ensemble of Thayambaka which is of a different school
The Krishnasila stone is used in the construction of many areas of the Chengal temple which provides a cooling effect.
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