- Place: Kodungallur, Thrissur, Kerala (10.2333°N, 76.2°E) Kodungallūr Bhagavatī of the ancient Chera capital is one of the most powerful Kāḷī-worship sites. The annual Bhāraṇi festival (March–April) is notorious for the Kāvu-tīṇḍal — possession-singing of ritually-obscene folk songs. Devotees beat the temple courtyard with sticks. The shrine was probably the temple of the 2nd-c. heroine Kaṇṇagi after she burned Madurai. Considered one of the 51 Shakti-Pīṭhas. Daily aarati (dawn + du
Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations
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