Origin story
In Kerala's kavu tradition, Durga is honoured in her forest form at groves that are left uncut and protected. She guards the boundary between the village and the wild, and her worship asks for safety, rain and the fertility of the land.
Vanadurga is the forest manifestation of the goddess, worshipped where the divine is felt most directly in nature. The forest, the lion and the trishula express untamed power held in balance, and the sacred grove is itself the temple, with no roof between the devotee and the deity.
Source: Wikipedia: Vanadurga — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanadurga
