Muthuthala is an agrarian village northwest of Pattambi

Pattambi

Pattambi is one of the major town in the Palakkad district of the state of Kerala, South India. The place got its name from Batta Nambi. Once under Nedunganad Samanthas of Chera Kings. Later on Zamoothiri Raja annexed this place to his country and kept under the control of Eralpad Raja, the second...

 in Palakkad district

Palakkad district

Palakkad District is one of the 14 districts of the Indian state of Kerala. The city of Palakkad is the district headquarters. Palakkad is bordered on the northwest by the Malappuram District, on the southwest by the Thrissur District and on the east by Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. The...

, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

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. It is located on the banks of the Bharathapuzha River. The adjacent villages to Muthuthala are Pallippuram, Koppam

Koppam

-Demographics: India census, Koppam had a population of 26277 with 12599 males and 13678 females....

 and Pattambi

Pattambi

Pattambi is one of the major town in the Palakkad district of the state of Kerala, South India. The place got its name from Batta Nambi. Once under Nedunganad Samanthas of Chera Kings. Later on Zamoothiri Raja annexed this place to his country and kept under the control of Eralpad Raja, the second...

. The village, located 8 km from Pattambi on the Pattambi-Pallippuram Road, and can be reached by road and rail. 'Kodumunda' is the only railway station here which is on route to Calicut on the Shoranur-Calicut railway line. Only a few passenger trains halt at this station so the preferable means to reach this village would be by road.
Muthuthala's notable attraction is the Muthuthala Maha Ganapathi Kshetram, or Temple enshrined with the idol of Maha Ganapathi as the principal deity. A remarkable aspect of this temple is that there is no roof for the sanctum-sanctorum. Many devotees from different parts of Kerala visit here to offer "Ottappam" or "Otta" offering (a delicious sweet "appam" (pan-cake) containing mixture of rice flour, coconut, ghee etc.) to the deity. This temple is also known for "Mangalya Puja" (special worship for removing any obstacles to the culmination of marriage). It is not uncommon to see devotees who are non-Hindus who get some of these pujas done. This ancient temple has been renovated recently.
The other deities are Bhagavathy and Swami Ayyappan. "Thalappoli" (a festival for the Kodikkunnu Bhagavathy presiding over here as well) is the main festival and this annual event is celebrated on a Tuesday or Friday in the Malayalam month of Makaram (February).
There are three \kalarikal\ in muthuthala. Thenozhiyil, Vaniyamparampathu and muthuthala kalarikal

There is a very beautiful pond very near to the temple. The "ambala kulam" (meaning Temple Pond in Malayalam) is blessed by the beauty of nature. A renovation of the pond was done in the year 2004 it is said that the pond contains 7 wells. Some of these wells have been damaged over the years.