Muthappan

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Muthappan is a deity commonly worshipped in the northern region of Kerala in India. Muthappan is considered a personification of two gods: Thiruvappan or Valiya Muthapan, and the Vellatom or Cheriya Muthapan worshipped in an ancestral form. All the puja rituals and rites performed for Muthappan are performed by the Thiyyar community of Malabar, as it is regarded as the Kulapoorvikan (group ancestor) of the Thiyyar community in Malabar. A shrine where Muthappan is worshipped is known as a Madappura. The Parassinikadavu Madappura is considered the most important temple to the deity. Practices in Muthappan temples are distinct from those in other Hindu temples of Kerala. The rituals are related to Shakteyam where Panja-ma-kara are offered, sometimes including madyam (in this case, Toddy) and mamsam (generally flesh, in this case fish). Muthappan is worshipped in the form of Theyyam and is not represented through a traditional prathishta (consecrated idol). As such, Madappuras, the shrines...

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