Edanadu Sree Durga Devi Temple is located about 7 kilometres from Kalady, the birthplace of Jagath Guru Adi Sankara, on the Kalady-Alwaye bus route in Ernakulam District, Kerala. The temple is also around 3 kilometres from the renowned Sree Parameswara and Sree Parvathy Thiruvyraanikkulam Mahadeva Temple and approximately 8 kilometres from Cochin International Airport, Nedumbassery. According to tradition, Lord Parasurama, the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu and the son of Sage Jamadagni and Renuka, consecrated 108 Shiva temples and 108 Durga temples in Kerala for the well-being and prosperity of its people. Thousands of years ago, the area where the temple now stands was a dense forest. more Legend has it that while some women were cutting grass, they tried to sharpen their sickles by rubbing them against a rock, from which blood suddenly oozed. Astrologers identified the presence of divine energy, or Devi Chaithanyam, in the rock, which is now enshrined in the Sreemoola Sthana of the Edanadu Durga Devi Temple. Initially, astrologers were hesitant about constructing a temple for the goddess, claiming it was impossible to build one that could contain Devi’s immense power. They suggested that the temple should be so vast that rainwater from its roof would flow into the seas, an overwhelming task for any human. However, by the grace of the goddess, a temple was eventually constructed near the Sreemoolasthanam, which is the present-day Edanadu Durga Devi Temple. Lord Parasurama is believed to have consecrated the deity here. The original stone, imbued with the goddess’s power, still resides in the Sreemoolasthanam, enduring the elements and continuing to bless devotees.