Attukal Temple

Kerala,Gods own country is the land of spirituality. Many great saints lived and visited here.Amoung the temples of trivandrum One which is proclaimed to be sabarimala of ladies.It is none other than Attukal Temple .The Goddess in the temple of Attukal is worshipped as the Supreme Mother(AMMA), creator of all living beings and the mighty preserver as well as destroyer of them all .There will be Aiswarya poojas on all Full moon days .The main festival is the pongal of attukal.pongal means a prasadam made before mother goddess,food that cleans all evils.There are many types of pongals Therali,Mandaputtu,Payasam and vella choor.An estimated 10 lakh ladies comes from kerala and tamil nadu to put their pongals.Earthen pots are used for making pongals and its made of rice,jaggery,ghee, etc. One does pongal with proper vridas and always says the mandram

Sarva mangala mangalye shive sarva ardha sadike

saranye triambike gowri narayani namostute

as many times as she can. she looses all papas and will find only good things happening in her life. This time there were 10 lakh people from kerala and neighbouring states includeing delegates from university of california from where americans doing researches in women spirituality, Last time they heard about this pongal and decided to come this time ..and came..so that much famous mother of attukal. They have lots of miracles getting done... attukal pongal converts the whole city of trivandrum a huge yagashala, purifies and spiritualises the enitire environment .The whole festival last for 10 days and during these days there were stage programmes ,special poojas etc there and there will be small small shops contains lots of religious materials ,toys,books,eatables near the temple premises. one should have to wait for hours to get darsan of amma.... On the last day of festival after the pongal there will be floats made like devi killing different evils...daruka vadham.. etc put in different lorries..We can see many children and young people dancing in rhytym..along with the music.This is a unique thing may not seen anywhere else in the world..thats why kerala is seen unique.