Venue: Valluvanadan
templeThe
padayani performance made the nights in Kumaranalloor in Palakkad become daytime.
Bhairavi, which had lighted torches on its chest and forehead and the small kolams bowed the deity. The devotees were all part of the
padayani, which ensued.
For all those who reached there this was an altogether different experience. Thira, Poothan, karimkali all were dancing violently. This central Travancore ritual is being held in a Valluvanadan
temple for the first time. The padayani was organised as part of the ‘dhwaja prathishta’ and ‘dravya kalasam’ in Kalladathoor temple.