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Thangassery, Kollam, Kerala · 8.8883°, 76.5731°
A goddess temple at Thangassery in Kollam district founded in the 15th century by the Ammachiveedu family, with the present building completed in 1968. The deity has no image: she is worshipped as two gold-clad conches on a silver-covered peedam inside a four-foot-square sanctum, and the shrine is open to worshippers of any caste or faith.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Oral tradition holds that a Brahmin patriarch of Parappur married a woman born under an ill-omened star, and that the deity was moved into a conch at Sasthamcotta with the instruction to found her worship wherever a tree should split open.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern
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Opening the line…