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High medieval · Hindu · India
Arayoor Sree Mahadevar Temple
Arayoor, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala · 8.3564°, 77.1217°
Shiva (Arayoorappan)UndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Arayoor in southern Thiruvananthapuram district near the Tamil Nadu border, administered by the Travancore Devaswom Board. Subsidiary shrines house Ganesha, Durga, Murugan, Ayyappa and Nagaraja.