Naya vellattu is a ritual happens every year in a place called Vengeri, Calicut in Kerala State. In Malayalam ( language of Kerala) ‘Naya’ means ‘Dog’ and ‘Vellattu’ is the name of the ritual to worship a particular idol. There are many types of this rituals Like Kurangu Vellattu ( Monkey Vellattu), Thira Vellattu, Puthari Vellattu etc. This particular ritual happens in a temple named ‘ Kulavan Kavu’, situated at Vengeri. Before going to the main topic I would like to give a small introduction to the origin of the Place, Vengeri. Vengeri has lots of small and big temples. Even its name came from the origin of a temple. The name ‘Vengeri’ came from a story. In this story it is said that Tamil Brahmins came to Kerala to search for a good place to keep an a statue of Subrahmanyan ( Son of Shiv and Parvathi). They travelled a lot and finally came to this place. They were very tired and decided to take bath in the nearby river. They kept their cloth baggage, where the statue is kept, under a tree. After taking bath they came to take the cloth bag. But it was stuck in the ground and the tree!. They figured out that this is the place they were looking for and kept the statue, there it self. The name of that tree was ‘Venga tree’ and ‘Chari’ means to keep to a support. So the name ‘ Venga Chari’ and later it shortened to ‘Vengeri’. This temple now known as ‘Vengeri Shri Subrahmanya Temple’ and Subrahmanyan is considered as ‘Desadevan’ ( Land God).