KARANAVAR
Karanavar means head of the family, As the head of the joint family the karanavar had many forms of power and a series of responsibilities, it is believed that tharavat karanavr brings loard siva from kottiyoor
Kunjaram Kurathi Amma
The parable of Kurathi theyyam imparts, once the daughter of Bhagavan Shivan prayed the Soorya Bhagavan for a boon. He emerged before her and asked her to play Chooth with him. She agreed it. Bhagavathi trashed him several times. He became riled and cursed her that she will born in the earth as Kurathi She reached the earth as a Kurathi. She felt thirsty. She rummaged-around for a home where she could find something to imbibe. On the way, a home that belonged to a man called Mannan caught her attention. She rambled towards the home and implored for milk and water three times. Though Mannan possesses seven shed of cows and seven big pots full of milk, he declined to offer even a single droplet to her. In fact he did not know that it was BHAGAVATHI. Her eye became red in wrath. Corollary began to terrify mannan, his cows turned into stones. He consulted an Astrologer. The astrologer found the reason and told him, "it was the BHAGAVATHI who requested you the milk If y
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