Palakkunnu Kazhakam Sree Bhagavathi Temple, the most famous Temple of Northern Kerala, is a well-known cultural and spiritual center of the region, situated in Kasaragod District. Templestands just 50 meters away from the Kottikulam Railway station and 3 km away from the Bekal Fort, the international tourist centre. The Temple is located on the side of Kasaragod - Kanhangad State Highway which is the bypass road to the NH 17 in between Kasaragod and Kanhangad. Bhagavathi or the Mother Goddess is the main deity. Bhagavathi is worshipped in two forms as Mootha Bhagavathi (Kaali) and Elaya Bhavathi (Saraswathi). Besides these two Goddesses, Vishnumoorthi, Ghantakarnan and Dhandan more Devan are the other deities. People belonging to different religions irrespective of their cast, creed and belief are visiting the Temple to offer their prayers to the deities. The festivals of the Temple are celebrated by the active participation of the entire society. There is no bar to any cast or race to visit the Temple. The Temple is very famous for the rarest traditional customary rituals and ceremonies. The annual festival, Bharani Mahotsvam is performed during the month of February/March every year, which is deeply connected with the festival of Trikkannad Sree Siva Temple. The sparkling fireworks and competitive colourful processions from different areas are the highlights of this festival. Poora Mahotsavam will be performed in a traditional manner. The Temple art of Northern Kerala, Poorakkali performed on every day of Poora Mahotsavam by the participation of well-trained youngsters under the leadership of Poorakkali Panikker.  Kalamkanippu Mahotsavam, a rare celebration in the region has much similarity with the Ponkala of Sree Attukal Temple, Thiruvananthapuram. Thousands of ladies who offer their prayer to the Bhagavathi will bring rice, jaggery, coconut, rice powder and other articles in new pots to the Temple which will be prepared by the selected trained persons in the Temple ground itself and will be offered to the Bhagavathi. After the offerings the prasadam will be returned to the devotees in the same pots. The Kalamkanippu festival will be performed twice in a year, i.e. in the month of Dhanu and Makaram of Malayalam calendar year. Another festival which has its own specialty is Thengayeru. Being a part of the prayers from the devotees, lunch will be served to all, on 4 days every week and during all festival days except in the month of Karkidakam. Palakkunnu Kazhakam Shree Bhagavathi Kshetra Bharana Samithi is managing the administrative affairs of the Temple, in a democratic manner. The Samithi had taken the charge of the Temple in the year 1958 and has been successfully continuing as the administrative body of the Temple, under the supervision of Malabar Devaswom Board. There is a college, English Medium School, Primary schools, School of Dance & music and an Auditorium functioning in the name of the Temple. Ambika Library, another important institution run by the Samithi for the last several decades are affiliated to the Kerala State Library Council. The Library, furnished with thousands of books and several periodicals, is a treasure house of knowledge to the students and the public at large. The Temple committee is very keen to provide Gold medals and cash awards to the students every year for their outstanding performance in academic level. In the English Medium School and in the College, scholarship and financial aid is being provided for the financially poor students. Moreover, Temple is providing financial assistance to the poor who suffers from serious ailments. Hence the Temple had made phenomenal contribution for the welfare of the society in different angles during the last several decades. The Melmad at the Temple which covers three Palliyaras (Sanctum Sanctorum) is more useful to the devotees who visit the temple at any season. The construction of the Melmad is an architectural wonder for the public being the first of its kind in this region. The office bearers who have assumed charge of their respective positions in Palakkunnu Kazhakam Shree Bhagavathi Kshetra Bharana Samithi are Adv. K. Balakrishnan as the President, Krishnan Pathikal and P.P. Chandrasekharan as the Vice Presidents, Udayamangalam Sukumaran as the General Secretary, Balakrishnan Kannamvayal and P. Kumaran Pallikkare as the Secretaries, Krishnan Chattanchal as the Treasurer.