Kulathupuzha Saastha temple was our first stop on 19 feb 2021 .
We started from Kotarakara at 7 am .
Kulathupuzha is in reserve forest range kollam .
Its deity Sastha or Ayappa is in form of Balasaastha or a baby lying on chest with head lifted .
It was supposed to have been consecrated by Parasurama from eight pieces of stone .
One of 108 Sastha shrines in kerala and one of pancha saastha shrines.
The temple was founded by a brahmin from Kotarakara.
Though initially built by Pandalam Raja its supposed to have existed for years before .
The tantric rights belong to Kokolathu mutt .
The fish in pond are undisturbed and feeding them is an offering called Meenuttu also seen in Thriprayar temple in Thrissur district .
Fishes in pond are called Thirumakkal of Ayappa
Among sub deities is Ayappas friend karuppuswamy worshipped in Tamilnadu as a powerful deity .
In Achankoil also there is a seperate temple for Karuppuswamy .
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