Karikkode

Karikkode lies near Thodupuzha in the hilly country of central Kerala. Its Bhagavathy temple is associated with the rulers of Vadakkumkoor, who held the surrounding region before the expansion of Travancore. Local tradition tells of a Vadakkumkoor raja whose devotion brought the goddess of Kodungallur to this shrine. Nearby, old defensive earthworks recall the boundary between Vadakkumkoor and the neighbouring kingdom of Thekkumkoor, two small states that shared the inland country behind the Malabar coast.