Emoor Bhagavathy temple (Hemambika) is a very ancient and famous temple dedicated to Sree Bhagavathy facing east. The temple is situated at Palakkad district, on the way to Malampuzha at Kallekulangara stop. The sub deities of this temple are Lord Siva, Ayyappa, Ganapathy, Mahavishnu, Nagas, Anthi Mahakalan and Murukan. Poojas are done under the thantric Moorkkanatt Kaimukku Mana. Vasudevan Namboodiripad is the present thantri. Navarathri, Easwara Seva from 1 to 12 in the month of Karkidakom, Sivaratri etc. are the major celebrations here. Kalabham, Kathinavedi, Kadum-payasam etc. are the main offerings. In the month of Medom, the star Pooram is considered as the installation day.  Emoor more Bhagavathy (Hemambika), the bestower of prosperity, boons and auspiciousness raised Her divine hands in the middle of blessed pond (Kallekulam). In a paroxysm of devotion, her impatient priest jumped into the pond and caught hold of those hands before She fully manifested. The Devi stopped appearing. The priest got only the Devi’s emerging hands. This is the great legend of the famous Hemambika Temple where the Devi’s hands are enshrined in the sanctum sanctorum. Protecting those who seek refuge and granting boons and wishes to those who call out to Her with their full heart, the compassionate Devi delightfully dwells in the village called Kallekulangara in Palakkad. Thousands of devotee’s flocks to Her sanctum sanctorum and call out to Her forgetting themselves. She protects them all with Her boundless love. The number of renowned personages from various fields of life who rush to prostrate before Her, the embodiment of the Ultimate Truth, is increasing day by day. Late Smt. Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, was prominent among them. Emoor Bhagavathy (Hemambika) Temple stands out as the one and only temple in India where the idols are the Devi’s hands.