Balussery Vettakkorumakan Temple

The most famous Vettakkorumakan temple is the Balussery Vettakkorumakan temple.Balussery Vettackorumakan Kavu is situated east of Quilandy twenty five kilometers from Kozhikode ( Calicut) via karappampu - kakkodi.Vettakkorumakan Pattu is a special ritual performed to please Lord Vettakkorumakan( Formerly this temple was owned by the Kurumbranad Rajas). Pantheerayiram thengayeru (breaking of 12000 coconuts continuously in a rythmic motion) is a unique ceremony performed for Vettekkaran pattu. Vettakkorumakan Pattu ritual is almost similar to Ayyappan Thiyyattu. Lord Vettakkorumakan or Vettekkaran is a popular deity worshipped in North Kerala. Some devotees believe that the deity is Kirathamoorthy or Lord Shiva in the form of a hunter. Others consider Him as the son of Lord Kiratha (Shiva in tribal hunter form) and Goddess Kirathi (Parvathi in tribal huntress form).

There is another view that Lord Vettakkorumakan is a form of Lord Ayyappa. It's a fact that most of the Vettakkorumakan temples are situated in Malabar region where as most of the Ayyappa temples are situated in Travancore - Cohin region of Kerala. The legend of Vettakkorumakan is connected with the Kiratharjuneeyam story in Mahabharatha.

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