Manapullikavu is located in the Palakkad district of Kerala. It is a village that is renowned for the temple’s festival Manappullikavu Vela. The temple named Sree Manappully Bhagavathy Temple is a Kuldevi of many Palakkad Tamil Brahmins. The temple is situated on the Palakkad-Chittur road and is just 200 metres away from the NH-47.
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Earlier, the temple was managed under the private ownership of the Kenath Family but now the temple is under Malabar Devaswom Board – MDB. The temple’s Head priest is Kariyannur Manakkal Bavathrathan Namboothiripad of Pattambi.
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Sri Manappully Bhagavathy Temple is believed to have a very old history. It is said that the temple actually belonged to Sri Mattappilly Bhadrakali Mana, a renowned Kerala Brahmin family of Kerala. Many Brahmin families staying on the banks of the holy River Sokanasini (Bharathapuzha) used to do ‘Yagas’ on the river bed. So, the location came to be called ‘Yaga-kara’ which eventually got its name as ‘Yakkara’.
The eastern part of Yakkara where the temple is situated is called East Yakkara and the other side is ‘West Yakkara’. As per a mythological story, a saintly Brahmin of Yagakkara used to perform his prayers in the kitchen, which is also known as madappalli. It is said that over a period of time, the area got its name Manappuli.
It is believed that Sree Manappulli Bhagavathi is Bhadrakaali and got her birth out of the sacred “Jada” of Lord Shiva during Dakshayaga. She is black in color, with four hands, each one having Soolam, Kapalam, Gadkam, and Khedam. She is with three eyes, two ‘Dhamshtram’, with ‘Pattudayada’ and important jewels. The Prathishta is in ‘Shanta Bhava’. People believe that if we pray to her with true devotion, the Devi protects us from all negative energies and evils.
