Kottangal

Kottangal
Kottangal
	Village
	A depiction of Paala Bhairavi in Kottangal padayani
	Kottangal Location in Kerala, India Kottangal Kottangal (India)
	Coordinates: 9°27′0″N 76°44′0″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Pathanamthitta
Panchayat	Kottangal
Named for	Kottangal padayani
Government
• Type	Panchayath
Area
• Total	23.08 km2 (8.91 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	17,484[1]
• Density	735/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KL-28, KL-62
Literacy	96.51%
Nearest cities	Mallappally, Ranni
Website

Kottangal is a small village in Mallappally Taluk of Pathanamthitta District in India. River Manimala flows through the boundary of Kottangal Panchayath which separates it from Kottayam District. Kottangal devi temple is situated in near Mallappally and is dedicated to goddess Bhadrakali. Temple is having history of about 1500 years with the famed Padayani held annually. "Orakkanpaara" is an unexplored scenic spot with a beautiful waterfall in Kottangal Panchayath which is famous for waterfall and spending holiday time for family and friends. "Nagappaara" is also an unxplored place in the kottangal panchayath It is located about 3km from maramkulam ( chunkappara-perumpetty road). It is explored and famois for a picnic spot in Pathanamthitta district. Nagappaara is located in the border of Pothen puzha forest division. i[2]

Kottangal Padayani

Kottangal Padayani is being performed along with the 8 (Ettu padayani) days from a total of 28 days during January - February(Makara Bharani). This is performed every year at Kottangal Devi Temple located in the boundary of Kottayam and Pathanamthitta Districts. The last 8 days are important with the performance of different Kolams and other traditional programs. The padayani is done by two karas (Areas which contains different sub areas) Kottangal and Kulathoor. The Last 8 days are equally divided to two karas that is 4 for each. The last two days (valiya Padayani) are most important for both Karas and they conduct programs in a competitive manner. Beautiful Processions will be there on the evening of last two days. The main programs include vela Kali, Adavi, Pallippana, Vellam Kudi, vinodam and kolam Thullal. The kolams performed in the padayani are Ganapathi Kolam, Kuthira, Bhairavi, Sundara Yakshi, Araki Yakshi, Marutha, Pakshi, Kalamadan and Kalan Kolam.

References

"Census of India". Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Census of India". Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2008.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)