Two shrines have long been responsible for the popularity of the Madayi region- Madayikkavu and Madayippalli. There is no accurate historical record of Kavin's age. The main deity of the temple is Thiruvarkattu Bhagwati or Madaikkavilachi, the Goddess of the Chirakkal dynasty.
The main festivals of Madayikavu are Kalathilari, Pooram and Kalasavam. It seems that the pre-festival was more grandiose than it is today.
When I was young, I used to go to Vadukunda every year when I was young to see the Pooram bath, the last part of the Purotsavam. The site of the present day temple at Vadukunda used to have a few crumbling floors, large granite stones and a couple of long stone cisterns.
On the day of the Pooram bath, the cisterns were filled with water for people to drink from. On the rock, there was usually a large crowd. On the day of Poorankuli, there is a large market for items such as Mathamangalam Kalam, Pappinisseri Kathi, Mangadan Thorth, Ath, Nalpamaram, Paya, Theriya, Kuria, various sweets, drinks like soda and lemonade, various song books and Puranas. It was at that market that I first saw a calendar picture of hell.
Fifty children from the surrounding areas used to go to Kavil every day for a month in Kalathilari with only a red corner and a small tortoise. That month's trek was a real charm as we enjoyed great freedom inside Kavin in the evenings of Kalathilari.
Another thing that I enjoyed a lot as a kid was the ceremony called Thattupari related to sports. It was a thrilling sight to see the urn adorned with courgette flowers, coriander leaves and teak flowers, accompanied by a noisy entourage of many people, and then to Bhagwati's place, where all the decorations on the urn were snatched away by the people. There would also be a small market festival in the forest.
For the past four decades, I 've never seen a game like that. The last time I went to the jungle behind both of them was during the shooting of the movie Pulijanmam in December 2005, where some scenes of love and self-conflict in the life of Prakashan, played by Murali, were shot. Prakashan with a broken face holding a wild tree branch.
KAMA POOJA OF THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW KAMA
By the time I was twelve or thirteen, I was fascinated by rationalism and communism at about the same age. That's why I never went inside the Madayika later. The compulsion not to even touch my mind on any of the things related to temples then ruled me for twenty years. I think that attitude has renewed and moved my mental life in many ways. But it also severed the ties of intimacy with folklore and the natural movements of the rural mind. Although I later tried my best to make up for that loss, I still feel that many of the gaps remain unfilled.
Pooram is the most important festival associated with Madayika. Pooram is a festival that lasts for nine days from the Karthika day in the month of Meena. According to the old rules, on the days from the sixth day onwards, Cupid's earthenware should be placed in the pooja room and worshiped. Flowering should be done on the first, second and third day at the well and on the fourth and fifth day at home. Although this was the order of the day, from the first to the ninth day in all our houses it was customary to make a flower in the form of a camel with dung. The pomegranate flower, also known as the chrysanthemum, is a pale flower, and the emerald flower is used to decorate the camel. The other flowers are scattered around the foot. Making each cameo every day. Thus on the ninth day there will be nine forms of Cupid in the yard. The lust of the second day will be slightly larger than the lust of the first day. By the end of the day, by the ninth day, Kaman is more than a foot tall and has a corresponding body.
On the evening of Pooram, the nine Kamans are carried to the bottom of the plain in the field with the flower worshiped by them. It is a ceremony to send Kaman away. 
And
"Kama verane eniyatte the murder
earlier in the verane Kama"
that they all sing together,
I am pleased varikaleateappam
"mullile stone, is worth the Kama
Kama difference is in the southern winds,
Kama smoker bound inteala
Kama deceive bake intata
invoke those with that. Children
are at the forefront of making love, worshiping flowers and sending them away with a painful song
They did everything with great pleasure and order, not knowing who Kaman was or what his work and virtues were.
Poorankuli in Vadukundapuzha is the closing day of the festival. Poorankuli is performed on the lake called Vadukundapuzha at the end of the Madai rock in the south-western part of Madaikavu. Many of the devotees who come to see this sight are immersed in the lake.
It was generally said that to go to Poorankuli, one has to go to Poorakadu and go to Vadunna. On the day of Pooram bath, there is a big market in Vadukunda. Mangadan Thorth, Mathamangalam Kalam and Pappinisseri Kathi are some of the popular items in the area, as well as books on justice, Sitadukham and Manipravalam. Someone would fill one or two stone cisterns with pantry to quench the thirst of the Pantake people. As the afternoon progressed, people began to retreat from Vadukunda. Gradually the merchants left the place one by one.
The market held at Vadukunda every year in connection with Poorankuli is centuries old. When there is no bus or road, people from all over the world come to buy and sell one day a year
SPOON
I'm mainly reminded of two or three things that are part of the game that takes place every year in the jungle behind Kavu in Madayikavu. One is the unusually large hair of the Thai goddess. There is an accurate description of this hair in MS Nair's book. Let me quote its description:
“The Theyyakola of the Thai Goddess is very beautiful. This theyyakkolam is also known as long haired Bhagwati as it has very high hair. The height of the hair is forty-two feet. The forty-foot galleries were in Kolathunadu. The quantitative relationship between kalari and Bhagwati's hair is remarkable. There is an indication here that Kalariyal Bhagwati is also the form of the Goddess. The skeleton of the hair is made of light repellents that make the squash tear. The hair is made of seven stalks and fifty-one bamboo shoots. The width decreases and the tip becomes sharper as you go up. The frame is artistically embroidered with black and white silk. The so-called airplane is hidden under the red silk that hangs down on all fours. Due to the unusual height, the hair sometimes needs to be cut with scissors. Seven types of ornaments down to the waist, and on the sides are serpent-shaped serpents that rise from the aisle to the hair. Pigeon-shaped silver stripes on both sides of the nose on the painted face. All these play an important role in creating roughness on the face. A shield and a scepter on the left hand, a sword in the right hand and a sword in the left hand.
At no point did I share any such beliefs. However, it is true that when I was a child, it used to rain before Bhagwati's dance was over in all the years I went to see Kavu's play and tapping. The game is at the end of May. Therefore, it does not seem that there is such a big surprise in Iowa rain.
It is generally said that kavil kaliyattam is a kalasam which is a part of it and is a kalasam with a combination of ezhunnallippin and thattupari. The most lively ceremony of the bowl is the tapping. Before that I had only heard of the toddy-filled bowls being brought up with the musical accompaniment and the bowl being placed on the floor. I can still see a few people running into the woods behind the cave with their bowls, and the crow's-bouquet, coriander and flowers adorning the attic are being pushed and shoved by people. Fifty small traders come to this forest on the day of the bowl. Items for sale include barrels, balloons, small toys and a variety of colored candies. These small traders were the people who fascinated me the most at the time. They are lucky enough to be able to walk around the festival grounds in many countries. What made them even more jealous was the thought that all the toys in their hands and the sweets that were not enough to eat were their own.
NIRA AND PUTHARI
Nira and Puthari are an integral part of the old farming life. Nira is a ceremonial delivery of fresh rice to a good looking home. The first ears harvested from the field are brought home with the words 'Nira, Nira, Poli, Poli'. The leaves of Vattapalam are wrapped around the leaves of Nellie, Poluvalli, Al, Arayal, Wormwood, Mango, Plav and Bamboo. It is made of coconut husk and tied with coconut husks to the north and windows of the house.
Puthari will come soon after the coloring. Puthari is a ritual of eating rice and stew made from the rice of the first harvest. It is said that rice used to be sent to the sub-temples from Valapattanam to Ettikulam from Madayikavu to prepare Puthari offerings.
My family had one acre of land and had been cultivating kernels for a year. When the harvest was over, the fields were filled with weeds. Hundreds of parrots came out of nowhere as the bells began to mature. No retailer worked to drive them away. I have never seen so many parrots together since.
For most Malayalees of my generation, farming will be the most enjoyable job. The taste of growing vegetables with your own hands is unique. The taste and smell of agricultural crops in the absence of artificial fertilizers and pesticides can only be remembered now. The indescribable joy of flowering cucumbers and squash is only a distant memory. After owning a ten-cent house now, nothing much can be planted in the shade of five coconuts. Plants grown with special care in nurseries can be grown in another soil or even laborious.
The children of my generation were as interested in agriculture as adults. They seem to have worked hardest for vegetable cultivation. During the summer, most of the fields are covered with vegetables. The field was commonly known as nutty. The main crops grown were bitter gourd, cucumber, squash and spinach. Dig a small hole in the field to get water for irrigation. These pits were called 'Kooval'. In the evenings, many people could be seen gathering water in pots and watering the vegetables in the vast fields. Their main task is to kill the foxes that come to eat the cucumber. I have heard many jokes about such guards.
Baby, what's wrong with you? Why do I have a fever and a headache? Ayinnt baisyam nattippeanam garlic pluck the didso not eat param'makkeranam parapara turanam kunnum'makkeranam kukkivilikkanam Koo Koo ... .ku ..."
There is a song called. This joke was once very popular in North Kerala. This song may have been composed by the guards of the cucumber field. Cucumber play is a play in which the field guards kidnap themselves to increase the time of night. After transplanting the cucumber, the Iowa play will be performed in front of the locals in the field. The presentation will be in the light of Randall Lantern or Petromax.
TP Sukumaran Mash '' Ayanchery Valleshman 'is a play based on the structure of the play' Vellari '. The plot of 'Ayanchari Wallyeshman' is based on the drama that takes place in a cucumber field on the midnight of India's independence and its end.