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Erumeli is a small town, 60 kms north east of Kottayam town. Erumeli is the gateway to the Sabarimala temple. Erumeli is a famous place for its Vavar mosque.

Vavar was the friend and companion of Lord Ayyappa, the deity in Sabarimala temple. The pilgrims going this way to Sabarimala halt here and give offering to Vavar by way of breaking coconuts on a stone by throwing on it. Thousands of pilgrims join the procession of Petta Thullal which is believed that the re-enactment of the annihilation of Mahishi by Lord Ayyappa.

Pilgrims paint their faces with colors and dance to the tune of drumbeats.


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Source Vavar palli (mosque), Erumeli
Author Dinesh Valke from Thane, India
Camera location9° 28′ 59.24″ N, 76° 50′ 48.06″ E  Heading=315° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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16 February 2007

9°28'59.239"N, 76°50'48.059"E

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