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High medieval · Hindu · India
Chennamangalam Temple
Chorode, Kozhikode district, Kerala · 11.6208°, 75.5849°
AyyappaUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
An Ayyappa temple at Chorode in Kozhikode district that also houses Shiva, Ganesha, Vishnu and Annapurneshwari; described as one of Kerala's oldest and known as a second Sabarimala, it drew large numbers when a fire kept pilgrims from Sabarimala itself.