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Kadachira, Peralassery, Kannur district, Kerala · 11.8258°, 75.4612°
A Shiva temple on the Anjarakandy river that is unusual in housing two images of equal standing in separate sanctums. It is one of three Thrikkapaleeswaram shrines listed among Kerala's 108 Shiva temples, the others being at Niranam and Nadapuram, and its main festival is Maha Shivaratri.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Tradition holds that the sage Parasurama installed the image here.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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