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High medieval · Hindu · India
Chirakkal Mahadeva Temple
Puliyanam, Angamaly, Ernakulam district, Kerala · 10.2036°, 76.3553°
Shiva (Mahadeva, in raudra aspect)UndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Puliyanam near Angamaly in Ernakulam district, counted among the 108 Shiva shrines and built in the Kerala idiom. Maha Shivaratri is its principal annual observance.