Period of Zamorins
Legend has it that the east-while ruler of “Kozhikode”, the Samoothiri, gifted six of his generals to the temple “Arikkodikkavu”, which is presently the renowned “Azhakodi Devi Mahashekthram”. The Samoothiri also gave them an Idol of ‘Bavani Devi’, gifted to him by traders from Gujarath. He instructed his generals to place the idol adjacent to the ‘Baghavathi’ idol in the ‘Arikkodikkavu’ Sreekovil (Sanctum Sanctorium) and worship the same. During Tippu Sultan's ‘Padayottam’ the priests of ‘Arikkodikavu’, to safeguard the Idol, are believed to have pulled out the Idol and hidden it in the temple’s tank. It was a practice during the British rule to try the accused.
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