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<p>starting a bio...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}<br /> {{more citations needed|date=November 2016}}<br /> {{Infobox Hindu temple<br /> | name = Kadakkad Sree Bhadrakali Temple<br /> | native_name = കടയ്ക്കാട് ശ്രീ ഭദ്രകാളീക്ഷേത്രം <br /> | map_type = India Kerala#India<br /> | map_type_alt = <br /> | map_caption = Kadakkad Sree Bhadrakali Temple ([[Kerala]])<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|9|13|25.5|N|76|41|28.4|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}[https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kadakkad_Sree_Bhadrakali_Temple&amp;params=9_13_25.5_N_76_41_28.4_E_type:landmark]<br /> | state = [[Kerala]]<br /> | district = [[Pathanamthitta district|Pathanamthitta]]<br /> | location = [[Pandalam]]<br /> | elevation_m = 41.6<br /> | deity = [[Bhadrakali]]<br /> | festival = [[Pongala]]<br /> | architecture = [[Kerala architecture]]<br /> |native name=|website={{URL|kadakkadtemple.com}}|image=Kadakkad Sreebhadrakali Temple © Agnostos Theos ®.jpg|caption=Kadakkad Sree Bhadrakali Temple}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Kadakkad Sree Bhadrakali Temple&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[Malayalam]]:കടയ്ക്കാട് ശ്രീ ഭദ്രകാളീക്ഷേത്രം) is a [[Hindu temple]]&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.simplymalayalees.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=124 Simply Malayalees: Kadakkad Sree Bhadrakali Temple, Pandalam&lt;!-- Bot generated title --&gt;] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716072617/http://www.simplymalayalees.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=124 |date=2011-07-16 }}&lt;/ref&gt; at [[Pandalam]], [[India]].It is located to the north of [[Kadakkad]], by the [[Pathanamthitta]] [[Main Central Road|MC Road]]. The temple complex also includes an &#039;&#039;anakkottil&#039;&#039; (platform for elephants during the rite &#039;&#039;Seva&#039;&#039;) and an office room. The temple has arrangements for [[Hindu wedding]], including [[dining hall|feast hall]] and [[change room]]s. It also has a stage to conduct cultural events.<br /> The main [[deity]] of the temple is [[Bhadrakali]]. The temple also has shrines of other deities such as [[Brahmaraksasa|Brahmarakshas]], [[Yakshi]], [[Nāga]].<br /> <br /> ==Festivals==<br /> <br /> ===Pongala===<br /> The annual [[Pongala]] festival attracts hundreds of women devotees to the shrine.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Kadakkad Sree Bhadrakali Temple Pongala|url=http://www.hindu-blog.com/2015/12/kadakkad-sree-bhadrakali-temple-pongala.html?m=1|accessdate=10 January 2017|work=Hindu Blog|location =Pathanamthitta}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;Pongala&#039; ritual comprises preparing ‘prasad’ for the deity outside the shrine. Women cook rice and jaggery in earthen pots and they offer it to the Goddess. They also cook different type of sweet dishes – called ‘mandaputtu,’ ‘appam,’ ‘therali’ – made out of rice powder and jaggery. Coconut tree fronds are used to cook the ‘prasad.’<br /> <br /> The temple is decorated during the period with natural materials.<br /> <br /> Holy fire from the temple is taken out to start the fire for cooking Pongala.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Kadakkad]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kadakkad_Sree_Bhadrakali_Temple&amp;params=9_13_25.5_N_76_41_28.4_E_type:landmark GeoHack - Kadakkad Sree Bhadrakali Temple]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Hindu temples in Pathanamthitta district]]</div>

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