Chettikulangara is in the Mavelikara taluk of Alapuzha district. According to the famous legend about the birth of the land of Kerala, it was Parasurama who raised it from the sea. He established 108 Durga temples, 108 Siva temples, some Shastha temples, 108 Kalaris to train the young in martial arts and five Ambalayas. The Jagadambika of Chettikulangara, the Goddess of Oodanadu is the deity of one of the five Ambalayas. It is believed that the temple is more than 1200 years old. One of the legends about the origin of the temple states that some local chieftains went to more witness the annual festival at the Koyapallikarazhma temple, some distance away from Chettikulangara. They were humiliated by the temple authorities and the chieftains there. The humiliated chieftains decided to build a temple at Chettikulangara. The eldest male members of 4 or 5 families took a pilgrimage to Kodungaloor and worshipped the Goddess there for 12 days. They had a dream in which the Goddess told them that she would come to Chettikulangara. They went back with the sword that had been given to them by the Velichapad (oracle) of the temple and started work on the structure of the temple. According to one legend the temple was consecrated by Padmapadacharya, a disciple of Shankaracharya in AD 823. Some scholars believe that Samudra Bandhan, a leading courtier of Ravi Varman, the king of Venad had visited this temple and written poems about the Goddess. There are some who believe that Adithya Kulasekharan the ruler of Venad from 1347t to 1389 had also visited the temple.