One of the kettukazhcha's at Aswathi festival

Valiyakulangara Devi Temple[1] is situated at Mahadevikadu village, in Karthikappally neighbourhood of Alappuzha district Nangyarkulangara in Kerala[2] and is located about 4 km from Haripad and 3 km from Thrikkunnappuzha. It is located 3 km from the National Waterway-3 as well as from the National Highway-47.

The major festival is the Aswathi festival in Feb-March, famous for the Fireworks show and the Ketukazhcha (procession of chariots).

'Kettukazhcha' displays sculpted and decorated forms of six temple cars known as 'Kuthiras', five 'rathas' (chariots)[3] and icons of Bhima and Hanuman.

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