This temple is at Mundakkayam in Karunagappally Thaluk of Kottayam district. Ancient legends connect the Goddess here with the Pandavas. During their life in exile, the five brothers with Panchali are supposed to have lived at the place which is now known as Panchalimedu. The Aborigines who lived there used to help them. As they left the Pandavas gave them the idol of the Goddess whom they had worshipped while staying there. As time passed and the place became uninhabitable, the Goddess is believed to have come to the place where the temple is situated ow. As she is supposed to have come swinging on the more vines of the creepers the place came to be known as Valliyaati kaavu and later Vallyaamkkavu. The ruler of Vanjippuzha came to know about the presence of the effulgence of the Goddess there and entrusted the Chieftain of the aborigines who lived there to offer puja to the Devi..Land measuring 22 acres was given for the temple. The creeper on which the Goddess is believed to have come, spread and formed a thick platoon there. Devotees see the presence of five divine beings there which connects the place with the Pandavas. On the higher area known as the Panchalimedu, there are further evidences to connect the place with the Pandavas like the pond which is supposed to have been formed when Bhima stamped on the rock. The stone elephant seen at a distance in front of the temple is supposed to have been an elephant which Panchali cursed to be turned into stone. The three stones over which Pandavas did their cooking is preserved as an archaeological monument even today. The aborigines used to offer what fruits and tubers they collected from the forest as well as goats and chicken which were sacrificed before the goddess. As the fame of the efficacy of the prayers made here spread, many devotees started visiting the temple. Karinkuttiyaan, the god of the aborigines was also worshipped with the goddess. When all the temples under the ruler of Vanjippuzha were handed over to the Travancore Devaswom Board, this temple could not be included in it because of the opposition from the aborigines. A case was filed in the High Court of Kerala to ban animal sacrifice in the temple. The verdict was that the chieftain at that time could keep the temple under him during his lifetime. In 1993 after the death of the chieftain, the temple was taken over by the Devaswam Board. After astrological consultations, the Goddess is now worshipped as Bhadrakali in one sanctum and Durga Devi in another sanctum with equal importance. Ganapathy, Sree Bhuvaneswari Devi, Cheruvalli Bhagavathy, Sivan, Kaalayakshi, Nagaraja and Nagayakshi are the sub deities