Devi, also called Bhagavathy,worship is more prevalent in Kerala.
Devi is also worshiped as The Deity of towns/villages.
ne of the popular Temples of Devi in Kerala is The Chottanikkara Bhagavathy Temple, near Cochin.
One of the unique featur of the Temple is that the Durga Suktha Homa is conducted daily to ward off Possession by spirits.
Parashurama threw His Axe and the Land between Gokarn (now in North Karnataka) and the coastal belt of land up to Kanyakumari, now called Kerala.
The original name of Kerala is Parashurama Kshetra.
Parashrama settled here and He built 64 Villages.
32 are now in Karnataka, rest in Kerala.
Parasurama had consecrated 108 Shiva temples and 108 Durga temples .
Among these 216 temples, the Lord Shiva of Gokarnam Mahabaleswara Temple in the north and Goddess Kumari of Kanyakumari temple in the south were considered as the protectors of Kerala.
The first Shivalaya created by Parasurama was the Thrissivaperoor Vadakkunnatha Temple and the last one was the Thrikkariyoor Mahadeva Temple.
List of 32 Villages created by Parashurama.
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