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High medieval · Hindu · India

Chowara Chidambaraswamy Temple

Chowara, Ernakulam district, Kerala · 10.1261°, 76.3865°

Shiva as NatarajaUndeterminedKerala
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva temple at Chowara whose east-facing northern sanctum enshrines the god in the dancing form of Nataraja, and which is reckoned among the 108 Shiva temples of Kerala. Its main festival is Maha Shivaratri in the Malayalam month of Kumbha.

Sthala katha — the legend

The temple is believed to have been founded by the sage Parasurama.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined