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Amunthirathu Devi Temple

Mudakkal, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala · 8.6851°, 76.8790°

Amunthirathamma, a form of BhadrakaliModernPandya kovil blended with Kerala tradition

Sacred since

1727 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

temple built 1988; worship at the site far older

Modern

History & significance

A Bhadrakali temple at Mudakkal north of Attingal, holding a black stone image of Amunthirathamma; the community's presence here traces to 1727, when Marthanda Varma brought Vanjipuzha madam Brahmin families from Chengannur to Thiruvananthapuram, and the present temple was built in 1988 and registered as a trust in 2005.

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