Maalikapurathamma is a Hindu goddess enshrined in a small temple at Sabarimala Ayyappan temple. The Maalikapurathamma temple is located within the Sabarimala temple complex and is visited after visiting the main shrine.
Maalikapurathamma is a Hindu goddess enshrined in a small temple at Sabarimala Ayyappan temple. The Maalikapurathamma temple is located within the Sabarimala temple complex and is visited after visiting the main shrine.
==Legend== thumb|After winning the case and gaining hereditary rights to conduct fireworks at Sabarimala, Ratnamma Panickathy from [[Cheerappanchira and her sons at Sabarimala.]] Cheerappanchira is an ancient noble Ezhava family from Muhamma in Alappuzha District. According to mythology, Maalikapurathamma is the divine daughter of Cheerappanchira Panicker. Ayyappan was sent by the Pandalam king to Muhamma to learn Kalaripayattu. Malikkapurathamma, also known as Subhadra, taught kalari to Ayyappan in the absence of her father. During this time, she fell in love with Ayyappan, but Ayyappan remained celibate. The Cheerappanchira family holds the rights to conduct fireworks, to light Nilavilak and ceremonial lamps at the Malikapurathamma temple, and collect half of the coconuts donated by the devotees at the Malikapurathamma temple. Some story recounts her name as Poonkodi or Leela or Lalitha.
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