Traditionally the temple has been associated with a lot of animal sacrifices.These customs have been done away within the 20 th century.The blood of the sacrificed used to be spilled over two stones in the temple and as mentioned above, this practice is now stopped.

The bharani festival normally starts with the ritual called '' kozhikallu moodal'' which invovles the sacrifice of cocks and shedding of their blood which forms an important feature of this temple. The members of the kodungallur bhagavathi temple are allowed to participate in this ritual.It is also appease the goddess kali and her demons who take delight in offering blood.