നാൽപ്പത്തെണ്ണീശ്വരം ശ്രീ മഹാദേവ ക്ഷേത്രം / Nalpatheneeswaram SHIVA Temple

Nalpathenneeswaram Shiva Temple is a Mahadevar temple situated in Nalpathenneeswaram, in Panavally village of Cherthala taluk in alappuzha district of Kerala state. This place is 18 kilometers northwards from Cherthala and
11 kilometers south wards through state highway from Aroor on the Cherthala Arookutty bus route. It is considered that this is the 48th foundlings of Saint Khara one who founds

Vaikom, Ettumanur, Kaduthuruthi temple. The temple is very artistically constructed in calm a quiet, typical village atmosphere. Thanthram is offered by Puliyanur Mana Thripunithura. The festival in this temple is celebrated in the month of Kumbham (February-March, uthrittathi-kodiyettu, thiruvathira -aarattu), and lasts for 7 days. All these days are important days according to the traditional rituals, (Utsavabali, Bharani, Karthika,
Rohini - ,Koodi ezhunnallathu,
Makayiram - Valiya Vilaku,
Thiruvathira - Araattu). People refer the God in this temple as “Nalpathenneeswarathappan”. Other deities are,
Lord Ganapathi, Varahamoorthy, Devi, Rakshassu, Chovva bhagavathi, Nagaraja, Nagayakshi, Ayyappa. This temple has one sister concern temple called Oorali Parambathu Sastha Temple situated on the north-west side of the temple. AT 2008 ashtamangalya devaprasanam led by late legend Sri Chorodu Narayanappanicker and his team as well as recently led by Ravunni Panicker n team found that, the temple has more than 2000 years old. The temple is under the administration of three ancient Kaimal families named, Payippattu, Kozhisseril, Mullakkeril. This is one of the oldest temples still proceeding under Raja Sassana Chepped. Main offering to the deity is kathakali because of this, temple is famous for kathakali. A lot of history surrounded with the temple premises, according to the old people this place were known as Pandavar Veli, later it became Panavally. Still there are four big stones that were kept 1 km east of the temple; people believe that these stones were used by pandavas during vanavasam for cooking.