What is Kottangal?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Kottangal | nickname = | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = File:Padayani Bhairavi 64 paala preformance.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = A depiction of Paala Bhairavi in Kottangal padayani | pushpin_map = India Kerala#India | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India | coordinates = {{coord|9|27|0|N|76|44|0|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Pathanamthitta district|Pathanamthitta]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Panchayat]] | subdivision_name3 = Kottangal | subdivision_type4 = [[Community development block in India|Block]] | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = Kottangal padayani | government_type = Panchayath | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 23.08 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 17484<ref>{{cite web|title=Census of India |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ |access-date=2008-03-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403123745/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ |archive-date=3 April 2007 }}</ref> | population_as_of = 2001 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = 735 | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|E