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High medieval · Hindu · India
Altharakkal Sree Muthappan Madapura
Pullur, near Kanhangad, Kasaragod district, Kerala · 12.3645°, 75.1044°
MuthappanUndeterminedKerala kavu
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A madapura, or shrine, to Muthappan in Pullur village about 6 km from Kanhangad in northern Kerala, built in the kavu idiom of the region. Local tradition treats Muthappan as a manifestation of Shiva.