Sree(Pareekkatavu) Kurumba BhagavathI Temple Dharmatam

Sree(Pareekkatavu) KurumbaBhagavathi Temple Dharmatam 

Route:- 5 kms north of Thalasseri,and half km west of Meethalepeetika

Dateable to 15th century.The idol of this temple is swayambhoo.

Deities The sanctum sanctorm is within a palliyara(resembling a naalukettu) A peetha represent the deity and it is treated as swayambhoo.For Cheriya bhagavathi and Dandan there are only sankalpa sthaanas and no idols

The legends  Goddess Kurumbabhagavathi of Kaithaatt,near Valapattanam,proceeded towards south by sea along with Her body-guard Dandakan and other maids and reached here.She first visited Thaazheppuraand Valiyapurahouses and finally the present abode belonging to AaangaloorNayanaar family. It is said that prior to visit of Goddess ,there was another temple here in earlier times dedicated to Lord Vishnu.Being a sacred site She decided to to make Her presence felt at the site.

sub shrine of Dandan

2 The Goddess gave darsan to one ardent devotee and She directed him to be the narthakan (dancer)of the temple.He is known as Aayaththaar.Once an aayaththaar is dead ,it is difficult to find out a successor,since a person could be an Aayaththaar from that family only if he gets a vision and direction of the Goddess to take up the assignment for conducting poojas.As this was the practice ,the temple had on several occasions,no Aayaththaar.In the absence of Aaayaththaar, the karanavar of Thaazheppura family has the right to conduct pooja.The komaram of Dandakan known as Maanakkan hails from Ezharakkaran family .As in the case of Aayaththaar, the Maanakkan is also determined as per the vision of the Goddess. In case of absence of vision the right of acting as komaram also vests with a person belonging to Thaazheppura family.

The temple is kept open on all Tuesdays and Fridays and deepaaraadhana held at 6 am and 6.45 pm 

Offerings Gingellyoil,pattu(redsatin),ilaneer,sarkkiarapaayasam are the main offerings 

Festivals 

 Thaalappoli(if Aayaththaar of the temple is present),

Pooramaholsavam (8 days in Meenam)

,shivaraathri,navaraathri,10th Thulam.

The Thantri belongs to Velloor illam of Edakkaatu