Moosari festival is also called Chingam festival. It starts from the star Chothy and ends with Thiruvonam in the Malayalam month Chingam (August – September). Even though there is flag hosting, rituals are minimum for this festival. This festival is only of recent origin. There is a story related to this festival. Some people believe that the idol was thrown into pond and the temple damaged partially during the attack of enemies. This idol was later taken out and installed in the temple. Another version is that the rulers of the temple decided to make a new idol when the old one was damaged either by the attack of enemies or in the course of time. A silpi from Mulamthuruthy was entrusted with the work of casting the idol. Metals like gold, silver, copper, tin and iron in proper proportions were handed over to the silpi for making the idol in Panchaloha. Unfortunately the silpi failed in the casting job repeatedly. People began to scold him and he was very sad. He did not know the reason for his failure. Finally after pouring the molten metal in the mould, he embraced it requesting Lord’s blessing for the successful completion of his duty. The silpi being a pious soul joined the Lord during his sacrifice of embracing white hot metal. Nobody has seen the silpi afterwards. Rulers started this festival in memory of the liberation of the soul of silpi. We have already noted in the section “order of worship” that the silpi is remembered and is given a place in the temple.