Changattu Sree Bhagavathy Temple

The Changattu Bhagavathy Temple is a Hindu religious shrine at Kallambalam in Kerala, India. The Goddess Kannaki (Parvathi) is the main deity in this temple.
Bharani(ഭരണി) day in the month Kumbham(കുംഭം) (February–March), is considered a special day and is celebrated in a grand manner at the temple.
History.
Kovalan was the son of a wealthy merchant of Vaishya community in Puhar who married Kannagi. Kovalan met a dancer Madhavi and had an affair with her, which prompted him to spend all his wealth on the dancer. At last, penniless, Kovalan realised his mistake and returned to his wife Kannagi. Kovalan hoped to recoup his fortunes by trade in Madurai, by selling the precious anklet of Kannagi.
Madurai was ruled by Pandya king Nedunj Cheliyan I. When Kovalan tried to sell the anklet, it was mistaken for a stolen anklet of the queen. Kovalan was accused of having stolen the anklet and was immediately beheaded by the king without trial. When Kannagi was informed of this, she became furious, and set out to prove her husband's innocence to the king.
Kannagi came to the king's court, broke open the anklet seized from Kovalan and showed that it contained rubies, as opposed to the queen's anklets which contained pearls. Realizing the fault, the king committed suicide in shame, after having delivered such a huge miscarriage of justice. Kannagi uttered a curse that the entire city of Madurai be burnt. The capital city of Pandyas was set ablaze resulting in huge losses. However, at the request of God Shiva, she calmed down and later, attained salvation at Changattu desam.
Other festivals.
The other festivals in this temple are:
How to get here.
Changattu Sree Bhagavathy Temple os situated 1 km from kaduvayil junction on NH66 kanniyakunari-Panvel highway. The major cities near temple is Kallambalam (3 km) & Attingal (7 km).The nearest railway station is Varkala Shiva giri railway station (15 km) and nearest Airport is Trivandrum International Airport (35 km).
Temple is easily accessible from Thiruvanathapuram and Kollam as frequent bus services are available.