The temple is situated in Parumala village island of the Pamba River in Pathanamthitta district. The temple comprises a plot of land about four acres, surrounded by tall Palmira trees and pristine green forest. River Pamba is flowing on the west side of the temple. The temples of Lord Shiva are of great significance when inspecting temple architecture. The over-all temple complex faces north.
Temple deity
Main deity of the temple is Lord Shiva; however Saptha matha (Seven Goddess) is the presiding power in Parumala Valiya Panayannarkavu Devi Temple. This is one of the temple in Kerala having Saptha matha are worshiped as the governing power in day-to-day pujas. Chamundi, the ferocious aggressiveness out of seven deities, displaying the strongest place as Kali in the temple. According to Hindu mythology, Goddess Chamundi destroys asura Raktabija and refers to Devi-Mahatma. There was a blessing him from Brahma when each drop of his blood fell on the earth from his body, will produce a new asura like him. The goddess killed and stabbed him with spear and drinking the blood.
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Temple Murals
The collection of mural paintings of the Panayannarkavu Devi temple is very famous in India that the murals are precision and suitable color combinations for linear accuracy. The age of these paintings are hard to find. However it believe that these crystal structure happened in two stages. Frescoes surrounding the rectangular main shrine were early paintings and paintings on the square sanctum sanctorum were completed later. It believe that temple murals were completed in the period of the last king of the Odanad (ml:ഓടനാട്) Royal House. During this period, the Vaishnava customs and the practice of pure worship were made in a more colorful, ceremonial way.[6]
