Attukal Bhagavathy Temple and Pongala Mahotsav
Attukal Bhagavathy temple is one of the famous temples in South India. The temple is located about 2.5km away from East Fort of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), the capital city of Kerala State. Annual festival of temple is called Attukal Pongala Mahotsav. Every year in the month of February-March, Attukal Pongala Mahotsav is going on here for ten days. On the 9 th day festival, world famous Pongala takes place. In this famous function we too took apart in it. So it was a great experience and joyful moment to us. First up all let us talk about the temple. Story of the temple is related to the world famous Tamil Literature ‘Chilapathikaram’ written by poet Ilankovadikal. Chilapathikaram’s heroin Kannaki is the goddess of this temple. After put fire to Madurai (now in Tamilnadu), she ran to Kodungalloor (now in Thrissur district of Kerala). On the way of Kodungalloor, she took rest in the place of Attukal. She took form of a little girl and asked to an old man to cross the riv