Unlike other Tamil speaking caste groups already present or has descended from neighboring states, moothans has accepted both cultures alike. For goddess Karnaki, Kerala form of pooja practices are done by Kerala Brahmins (Namboothiris) and in Siva Temple Tamil Shaiva form of Pooja practices are carried out by Tamil Brahmin Priests.Devotees can feel and enjoy this cultural mix while they visit this temple and came out after their prayers. This temple is situated at palakkad town circle – Moothanthara (New Name - Karnaki Nagar), a dwelling place of Karnakis own people, Moothans believed to be descended from the neighboring state of Tamilnadu in the historic times.One of the main attractions of this temple is the way in which the traditional pooja rituals are performed in the goddess karnakis temple and the Visalakshi Sametha Shiva Temple (Siva-Parvathy Temple) worshipped in the same compound. Keralas one and only Karnaki Temple where goddess Karnaki is worshiped in her full Idolic-Form and divine glory.
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