Kannangad Bhagavathy theyyam

Kannangad Bhagavathy theyyam is believed to have originated from mahadevan. Father of Kannangad bhagavathy is considered to be Vayathoor Kaliyar.

Kannangad Bhagavathy is the God to people haling from the caste Maniyan. Maniya's traditional tasks were agriculture and cattle growing.

Once upon a time, folks all around the Malabar, including famous personalities and scholars arrived for the famous Maholsava of Kalee pareeswaran, dad vayathoor kaliyar was afraid, kannangad bhagavathy would harm these people in some way.

So he chained kannangad Bhagavathy against a big rock till the procession is complete. Father ordered to close one eye and one ear and stay in peace in the shade where she was chained.
The big procession which followed removed the hot temperment from bhagavathy and she became "Shantha Swaroopini".

This made her father vayathoor kaliyar so happy. He gave Bhagavathy holy weapons and blessed her. Bhagavathy travelled to Udhinnoor kovilakam and idolised there.

Once payyannoor and surrounding areas were affected by severe small pox. Even the thanthri from subrahmania temple was effected. Komaram of muchilott bhagavathy set out from koroth. Komaram of Muchilott Bhagavathy along with that of Kannangad Bhagavathy tried together to eradicate the epidemic. By then it was too late for the komaram to return and it was impossible to return for the day.

The holy weapon of muchilott bhagavathy was placed in Poonthuruthy kannangad. Thus poonthuruthy kannangad got renamed to poonthuruthy muchilott. Soon every muchilott kaav had given a holy place for kannangad bhagavathy.


Kannangad and Muchilott Kaav

Right from the days, extracting oil from coconut were the traditional job followed by the vaniyas. One such person was pattoli chettiyan.

He used to do his trade in an area called 'Kotti' and would donate the rest of the oilsto an old lay in kuthoor for lighting the lamp for kannanga bhagavathy.

One evening, a bit intoxicated, pattoli chettiyan asked this old lady, if the bhagavathy was soo poor, why should she stay here, rather her let her come with me. When pattoli chettiyar reached home, after the bath he found that the oil vessel he used to donate the oil to bhagavathy was overflowing wtih coconut oil and he wans amazed at this scene. Jyothishi's identified precense of kannangad bhagavathy. Thus bhagavathy was given a place in pattoli chettiyar's residence. This was the begining of association between kannangad bhagavathy and vaniya caste.