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Festival In Ettumanur Siva Temple

Ettumanur Siva Temple

Festivals: The 10 day long festival in the malayala month of Kumbham is the temple's annual festival. On the eigth day of the festival, the processional image of the deity is taken to a specially decorated site in the north east corner of the temple, when thousands throng to visit the shrine. On this day, a unique treasure of the temple (offered by the Maharaja of Travancore) - the seven and a half elephants (ezhara pon aana) representing the eight dik paalakas or the guardians of the cardinal directions are displayed. Seven of these golden elephants are two feet in height while the eighth is a foot high.

Southern India