The word "kalam" refers to the nursery for a paddy field, and thus, the folklorist Sasidharan Klari has suggested the Kalampattu is related to fertility.
There are 29 different types of nagakalam (serpent kalam) by kallat style in the Mulluthara Devi Temple.
Kalamezhuthupattu[5] is a traditional performing art in the Mulluthara Devi Temple, Malamekkara.
The Velichappad (komaram) does the ritual dance known as eedum koorum chavittu and the Kalapradakshinam (rounding the kalam with different steps and rhythms).
After the completion of Kalapradakshinam, the Brahmin priest is assigned the privilege of doing the kalam pooja of the image before the onset of the Kalampattu.
For centuries, the Kalam Ezhuthum Paattum, a traditional annual festival at Arakkulangara Bhagavathy temple, is held from the first day of Makaram (6th month of Malayalam Era) every year.