Makhamakam or Mamangam

Makhamakam or Mamangam was a duodecennial medieval fair held on the bank, and on the dry river-bed, of Perar (River Nil̥a, Bharathappuzha) at Thirunavaya, Malappuram. The temple associated with the festival was Nava Mukunda Temple in Thirunavaya. Thirunavaya (Navayogipuram on Brhannadi in Kerala Mahatmya) seems to be a very sacred place for the Hindus of Kerala from time immemorial. Bharatha puzha at Thirunavaya is considered to assume a special sanctity, because it flows between the temple of god Vishnu (Nava Mukunda) on its right bank and temples of Brahma and Siva on its left.