The original consecration of the Paramekkavu Bhagavathy was under the Elanji tree in the Vadakkumnathan temple compound. Later, as it was Bhadrakali and the importance and power kept on increasing, the consecration was made on the rock behind the Vadakkumnathan temple. Thus, she came to be referred to as Paramekkavu Bhagavathy. Though the Goddess is Bhadrakali, she is worshipped as Aadiparaashakthi.  Legend connects this temple with Kuruppal, the eldest male member of the Appaatt family of Koorkanchery, near Thrissur. He was an ardent devotee of the Goddess at Thirumaandhaamkunnu and used to go there to worship the Goddess every month. When he was too old to more make this trip, he prayed to the Goddess to come to his native place. The Goddess came with him on his umbrella. As he was coming back, he worshipped at the Vadakkumnathan temple and rested under the Elanji tree. The umbrella became fixed there. He saw the effulgence of the Goddess in it and prayed that he would consecrate the Goddess in the Kalari at his house. Then he was able to take the umbrella. He consecrated the Goddess in his Kalari according to Shaktheya rituals. It is also believed that as the consecration was under a Parom tree behind the Kalari, the temple came to be referred to as Paromkavu Bhagavathy. Later it became Paramekkavu Bhagavathy. As he had seen the effulgence of the Goddess under the Elanj tree, he had consecrated a small idol there also. When the Vadakkumnathan temple had to be enlarged and rebuilt, the Goddess was transferred to the rock behind the temple. Even today a lamp is shown to the Elanji tree when lamps are lighted at the Parramekkavu temple. In the Kuruppal family apart from Paramekkavu Bhagavathy, Chandika Devi, Manakkoti Ayyappan, Vanashasthaav, Manikandan, Veerabhadran and Kuruppal Karanavar are consecrated. First, the Shivalinga-like stone idol representing the Karanavar was consecrated outside the Kalari. But the stone idol could not be fixed at that spot. So, after astrological consultations revealed that he had become one with the Goddess, it was brought inside. The oracle from the Paramekkavu temple comes to the Kuruppal Kalari at the beginning of the Vela.  It is under the Elanji tree where the Goddess was consecrated first that the famous Ilanjithara melam of the Thrissur Pooram is conducted even today. The original idol of the Goddess is a Darushilpam, made of wood. In 1968 it was covered with Panchaloham (a mixture of five metals) to prevent the idol from rotting due to the passage of time. In 1988 a new idol was made and re-consecration was conducted.