Kannur Visit (24.01.2010)

Went to the Muthappan temple at Parasinnikadavu. The temple is situated on the banks of a huge river stretching easily two kilometers from bank to bank.

I was in time to see the two Theyyams who are regular here. One was a horrific bearded entity who was seated and the other a short stout personification fully painted yellow with a coconut bark tied around his mouth like a snout.

Muthappan the presiding deity is a manifestation of Kaal Bhairav. The life-like sculptures of two black dogs indicated that the God being worshipped was Bhairav. Dogs are the familiars of this punitive God who becomes a force of destructiuon to protect the pure and innocent.