Vadakkan Koyikkal Devi Temple Puthiyavila

Vadakkan Koyikkal temple, a Devi temple or Bhagavathi temple near Kayamkulam, is situated in Puthiyavila village, Alappuzha in Kerala.

Sree Parvathy Devi is mainly worshiped in the temple. The other main idols of this temple are lord Shiva, Bhadrakaali and Sree Dharma Shastav. Idols of Naga devada, Khandakarna, Yekshi, Yogishwara and Brahmarakshas are also worshiped in this temple.

The main speciality of Vadakkan Koyikkal temple is that the sreekovil or main temple is of two storeys. Sree Parvathy, the main idol is placed in the ground floor and Mahadeva (Shiva) is placed on the first floor.

Kumbha Bharani is the main festival of the temple which is celebrated on the Bharani day of Malayalam calendar month Kumbham. This is believed to be the birthday of Vadakkan Koyikkal Devi. This is a festival of 10 days with nice kettukazhcha on the ninth and tenth days.

Navaha Yekngam is one of the celebrations in Vadakkan Koyikkal Devi temple and it will be conducted for nine days in April – May months. In these nine days, religious ceremonies (poojas) will be conducted in the temple and all the nine days annadana (offering food to people) also will be there in the temple.