Parassinikadavu Muthappan temple is a temple, located at Parassinikadavu in Anthoor Municipality on the banks of the Valapattanam river about 10 km from Taliparamba and 20 km from Kannur City in Kannur District, Kerala,
Muthappan is considered as the personification of two Hindu gods — the Thiruvappan or Valiya Muttapan (Vishnu) and the Vellatom or Cheriya Muttapan (Shiva)
Muthappan, the much-revered deity of the 700-year-old Parassinikkadavu Madappura temple in Kannur district of north Kerala, does not settle for anything les

The Malabar Devaswom Board and the trustees of the Sree Muthappan Temple at Parassinikkadavu are at loggerheads over the constitution of the temple advisory committee, which the trustees allege is used by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to control the administration of the temple