 for pooram or other festivals, she is supposed to be greeted with official "Guard of Honour" by the police.All festivities of this temple are taken care of a local committee with the guidance of Cochin Devaswom board.Stories passed on from elders tell also that in those days, the idol installed by Poomulli Namboothiri was originally the Devi idol worshiped by Sri Rama before he went to war with Ravana.