Sri Dharmasastha Kshethram Choozhal

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Sri Dharmasastha Kshethram Choozhal

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The Sastha (Ayyappa) Temple is located in Choozhal, which is a village situated in the Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu. The temple is located 1 km from the Choozhal bus stop on the Parassala- Poovar/Kollemcode road. Even though the temple is located in Tamil Nadu, it follows typical South Kerala rituals and it is managed and owned by Kalpazhamadom Choozhal. The other deities worshiped in the temple are Ganapathy and Nagaraja.

Temple Puja

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It is open during the Mandalakalam, Makaravilakku Pooja, all saturdays, every Uthram nakshathram day (Pakkanal of Ayyapan), Ayilyam and the other important dates as per the Hindu Calendar.

The Temple Puja timing is from 6 pm to 8 pm however in some occasions the puja used to perform in Morning also.

Festival

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The temple festival is in Maakaravilakku which start on Maakaravilakku day and continue for another 10 days. The festival starts with The Ponkala and followed by Special Pujas, Sapthaham. On the last day of the Festival, the Idol of the God Dharmasastha is taken out on a procession around the village in elephant followed by Arat. During the visit, devotees of the village used to worship the God with Thattapuja. The procession accompanied by Tharappoli and some cultural programmes.