Aryankavu
Located on Kollam-Shencotta road, Aryankavu has an important shrine of Ayyappa. Some believe the Lord here is in his Brahmachari (bachelor) avatar, while some others believe that this is the place where the Lord married Pushkala from Saurashtra community. Anyway, the festivals celebrated here lent credentials to both the arguments. The main festival, Thirukalyanam (divine marriage), attributes to Lord’s marriage to Pushkala. The Mandala Pooja during November-December, celebrated in most of the Ayyappa temples and more popular in Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Pathanamthitta district, is also an important event here. The temple is 35 ft below the road level.
The Palaruvi Waterfalls is near here, just 4-km away. The Palaruvi means steam of milk. The thread of water falling from a height of 300 ft looks like milk from a distance.
