page_title: Punthalathazham
section_title: Indilayappan Kavu
hierarchical_section_title: Punthalathazham / Tourist attractions / Indilayappan Kavu
caption_attribution_description: English: Indilayappan kavu
context_page_description: Punthalathazham is a landlocked neighbourhood of the city of Kollam in the Indian state of Kerala. It is located around six kilometres east of the core Kollam city towards Kannanalloor.
  This place has a little geographical importance and serves as the tail boundary of Kollam Municipal Corporation.
  Inhabitants belong to working and middle classes.
context_section_description: Indilayappan Kavu (ഇണ്ടിളയപ്പന്‍ കാവ്‌) -also known as Vellayappan Kavu- is a part of  Indilayappan temple where the deity is Lord Sankara Narayanan, an incarnation of Lord Siva and Lord Vishnu. The Kavu is owned and protected by Pulinthanathu family. This sacred grove has a legacy of more than 400 years and is located about 100 meters from Ayathil junction on Kollam-Kannanalloor road. It is kept in its virgin style with hundreds of trees and herb species usually found in rain forests. Nature has blessed this grove with a natural stream on its north eastern side, keeping it evergreen and an abode of different snakes, birds and thousands of bats. All religious rites and rituals like Sarpa Bali, Noorum Palum and Kalamezhuthum Paattum are performed every year apart from conducting Aayilyam Pooja on all Aayilyam Nakshathram (star).
  This sacred grove has a lot of botanical importance and protects the bio-diversity of the surrounding places.
caption: Ayathil Indilayappan Kavu- located in a pristine 3 acres
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