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| name = Thanikkudam Bhagavathi Temple<br />
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| map_caption = Location in Kerala<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| state = [[Kerala]]<br />
| district = [[Thrissur District]]<br />
| location = [[Thanikkudam]], City of [[Thrissur]] <br />
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| deity = [[Kali]]<br />
| festivals= ''Thiru Aarattu''<br />
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'''Thanikkudam Bhagavathi Temple''' is a [[Hindu]] Temple located in [[Thanikkudam]] of [[Thrissur]] city in [[Kerala]], on the banks of [[Puzhakkal River]], also called Thanikkudam river. It is dedicated to Goddess [[Bhadrakali]], in the form of 'Nanadurga'. It is famous for 'arattu' ceremony during [[monsoon]] season, when the river is flooded and enters the main sanctum, thus submerging the whole idol. This temples is one of the rare temples with such a ceremony. The temple is under the control of [[Cochin Devaswom Board]].<br />
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==Legend==<br />
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The ''araattu'' ceremony starts when the Puzhakkal River or locally known as Thanikkudam River overflows in the Monsoon and submerges the idol in the temple. Devotees take a dip in the water along with the idol during the ''araattu'' ceremony.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/flow-of-devotion/article4891008.ece<br />
|title=Flow of Devotion<br />
|date=7 July 2013<br />
|newspaper=The Hindu <br />
|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.thekeralatemples.com/templeinfo/bhagavathy/thanikudam_bhagavathy.htm <br />
|title=THANIKUDAM BHAGAVATHY <br />
|publisher=The Kerala Temples <br />
|access-date=2013-10-02}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Thrissur topics}}<br />
{{Hindu temples in Kerala}}<br />
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[[Category:Bhagavathi temples in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu temples in Thrissur district]]</div>->JohnmgKing