Cherppu Bhagavathy Temple



CHERPPU BHAGAVATHY TEMPLE

Location:- Cherppu - Padinjattumuri, Trichur – Triprayar National Highway, Trichur, Kerala, India

Cherppu Bhagavathy Temple is one of the 108 Durga Temple - established by Lord Parasurama.
Here Goddess Durga being worshipped in a calm form of a Mother.  Mainly devotees seeing her as an Avatar of Goddess Bhoomi Devi (Mother of Earth). 

















Main festival of this temple is “Aswathi Vela Mahotsavam”. 
Main offering towards the goddess is offering of “Coconut Oil”.  From the beginning of the festival day – hundreds of people will gather there to offer “Coconut Oil” to the Goddess.

After the Main Pooja - in the evening called “Deeparadhana” devotees will donate money to the Goddess as part of custom.  It has been believed that people will get prosperity in their life through this offering.  During the night procession devotees will lighten the coconut lamp with the help of coconut oil.  It will be a marvelous experience in everyone’s life.  


All these events are conducted mainly part of the festival “Araattupuzha Pooram”.  It is a festival of gathering Gods and Goddess with Tens of Elephants and colorful umbrellas with massive Drum beatings [Panchavadyam].  

On the day of “Pooram of Araattupuzha” festival Cherppu Bhagavathy will go to see the Lord Triprayar Sree Rama.  After this event Goddess from the “Oorakam Temple” as well as the Lord Sastha from the Chathakkudam Temple will join with above 50 elephants in this Procession. 

To seeing the Gods and the Goddess in the Pooram festival is known as “Vaikunda Darshan”.

Presence of Lord Triprayar Sree Rama [Avatar of Lord Mahavishnu] with Cherppu Bhagavathy [Bhoomi Devi] and Oorakam Devi [Mahalakshmi] will create this Pooram festival as a marvelous event.

We should see this event - at least once in our life !

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