History of the Temple

The land where Peruvemba temple now exists was originally a farmland. When working on the land, a farm worker noticed that the plough accidentally hit a stone and the stone started to bleed. The worker was scared at this sight and he immediately fled from the scene to intimate the land owner. The land owner inspected the scene and called for an astrologer who performed a Devaprasnam and found that it was Bhadrakali in Swayambhu form (self-incarnated in the stone) and as per the astrological prediction, a small temple without a roof was built. Since the stone was found under the shade of an Ashoka tree, the tree itself was chosen to act as the roof to the temple. This is how the Ootukulangara Temple came into existence.

At the Peruvemba temple, Bhagavati is worshipped in Bhadrakali form. Often, the name Bhadrakali is misinterpreted as being one of the fiercest forms of the Devi. However, this is not true. Bhadrakali literally means, “That Kali who safeguards Her Devotees” and as per Agrala Stotram created by Markandeya, Bhadrakali bestows Happiness and Peace upon her devotees.

The most important service performed at the temple is the Chaandu abhishegam to the Bhagavati Devi. "Pattham Pathayam" is a festival celebrated in the last week of December every year. During that time, there is a day when everyone is allowed to freely enter the inner portals of the temple and reach very near the goddess. The temple has its own Aal maram and temple pond. The dewaswom building is now newly built alongside the kalyana mandapam. This temple is very near the Shiva kshetram and Ganapathy temple of the Gramam.