It is believed that this temple is one of the 108 Shiva temples of Kerala and is installed by sage Parasurama dedicated to Shiva. There is another myth in the place, Kasi Viswanathan, a Brahmin who came back after visiting the Kasi darshan, in this temple
.As per Hindu legend, both an elephant and Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu were worshiping Vishnu with lotus flowers. Once all the lotus flowers were taken away by Lakshmi making Gajendra, the elephant to pray to Vishnu. Vishnu gave a boon to Lakshmi to be along with him and let the whole lotus garden be taken up by Gajendra. The place is a Mumurthi Kshetra as the Trinity of Hinduism, Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma are worshiped here. Hindus perform last rites on the banks of the river in the temple similar to that of Varanasi.
Ganapathy Temple
The temple is about 5 km south of Pattambi in Palakkad district. The Palakkad-Shornur-Kozhikode train route passes through Pattambi. There are five shrines in the temple, one each of Shiva, Vishnu as Abhayapradhan, Vithuvakootuvalli, Vinayaga and Ayyappan.
The temple is on the banks of Bharathappuzha at Thirumittacode of Palakkad District in Kerala state in India. The temple is built in Kerala style architecture, common in all temples in the South Indian state of Kerala in Eastern axis. The temple has no gateway tower and has an arch from the main road. A small rectangular wall around the temple, called Kshetra-Madilluka pierced by the gateways, encloses all the shrines of the temple.
The metal plated flagpost or Dwajasthambam is located axial to the temple tower leading to the central sanctum. Chuttuambalam is the outer pavilion within the temple walls.
The central shrine and the associated hall is located in a rectangular structure called Nallambalam, which has pillared halls and corridors. Between the entrance of Nallambalam to the sanctum, there is a raised square platform called Namaskara Mandapa which has a pyramidal roof. Thevrapura, the kitchen used to cook offering to the deity is located on the left of Namaskara Mandapa from the entrance. Balithara is an altar is used for making ritualistic offering to demi-gods and the festive deities.
The central shrine called Sreekovil houses the image of the presiding deity. It is on an elevated platform with a single door reached through five steps. As per Kerala rituals, only the main priest called Thantri and the second priest called Melshanthi alone can enter the Sree Kovil.The central shrine has a circular plan with the base built of granite, superstructure built of laterite and conical roof made of terrocata tile supported from inside by a wooden structure