Chottanikkara Makam Thozhal today. The temple will be open for Makam Thozhal from 2 pm to 10 pm. Makam Thozhal is on the seventh day of the temple festival. It is believed that through Makam Thozhal, one will receive the blessings of the Goddess for auspiciousness and all-round success. The Goddess will appear to the devotees in the light of a ghee lamp, wearing a special Thangagolaka, ornaments, silk sarees and a lotus garland.
The temple will be closed at 1 pm today for Makam preparations. The temple will be opened for Makam darshan by lighting the ghee lamp on the 2nd. Makam Thozhal will last till 9.30 am. After Makam Thozhal, the goddess will leave for Mangattumana at 11 am and perform the puja there. After returning to the temple, the Makam lamp will be lit. On the 13th, which is the Pooram day, there will be a procession at 5.30 am, and on the 9th, there will be an arattu at Kizhakkechira. Then, the puja at Changkroth Mana and the puja at Valiya Keezhkavu will be held.
At 8 pm, the Pooram procession from the Kuzhiyeti Shiva temple will reach the large Keezhakav and join the Pooram procession with the deities Bhagavathy and Shasta. At 9.30 am, the Pooram procession of the temples of Onakuttichira Bhagavathy, Tuluvankulangara Vishnu, Edattammatham Bhagavathy, and Karthakkat Bhagavathy will reach the western entrance of the temple. Entering the temple, at the western entrance, at 11 pm, the gathering of 7 deities and deities will take place, and at 12 pm, the Pooram procession will take place at the Pooraparam. Then, the application of karimarunna.
